Jack Shafer from Slate mag says NY Times plagiarized two lines from a story about Argentina’s drug “paco” that ran in the Miami Herald 18 months ago. Shafer says that the author of the story Alexei Barrionuevo admitted to borrowing the two passages.
NY Times:
Paco is highly addictive because its effect is so shortâ€â€a couple of minutesâ€â€and so intense that many users resort to smoking 20 to 50 cigarettes a day to try to make its effects linger. …
Paco is highly addictive because its high lasts just a few minutesâ€â€and is so intense that many users smoke 20 to 50 paco cigarettes a day to try to make its effects linger.
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Slate – A New York Times story helps itself to two lines from a Miami Herald piece
