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The Peter Gleeson Plagiarism Scandal

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However, shortly after publication, another journalist, Josh Bavas, took to Twitter to ask why the article copied four paragraphs from a piece that he wrote two years prior. Johnson was fired from Buzzfeed in 2014 after plagiarism was found in 41 of the 500 words they examined following an initial plagiarism scandal.

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Ruth Shalit Barrett Sues The Atlantic for $1 Million Over Retraction

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According to a 1999 report by Washington City Paper , she first found herself dealing with accusations of plagiarism, something she blamed on copy and paste errors. According to Barrett, that retraction was excessive and was made out of fear and deference to The Washington Post more than proper journalism protocol.