20060713 KDDC Syndicator says Coulter did not plagiarize

Review of Coulter material indicates no plagiarism
July 13th, 2006

In a story by AP, picked up by a number of news outlets, it would appear that Ann Coulter did not plagiarize in her recent book nor in her syndicated columns as has been widely alledged by many liberal blogs.

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Syndicator Denies Coulter Lifted Material

Syndicator Dismisses Allegations That Pundit Ann Coulter Lifted Material From Other Sources

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer

NEW YORK Jul 10, 2006 (AP)— The syndicator of Ann Coulter's newspaper columns rejected allegations that she had lifted material from other sources, saying a review of the work in question turned up nothing that merited concern.

"There are only so many ways you can rewrite a fact and minimal matching text is not plagiarism," Lee Salem, editor and president of Universal Press Syndicate, said Monday in a statement.

"Universal Press Syndicate is confident in the ability of Ms. Coulter, an attorney and frequent media target, to know when to make attribution and when not to."

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