Plagiarism at the Daily Beast
Veteran journalist Gerald Posner concedes that he lifted from the Miami Herald.
"Neither Abad nor her mother attended Monday's hearing in Fort Lauderdale." —Miami Herald
"Neither Abad nor her mother attended Monday's hearing in Fort Lauderdale." —The Daily Beast
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