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In reply to the discussion: Melania looking over First Lady Michelle's shoulder~A Tribute to Michelle~ [View all]Cha
(299,013 posts)20. It was really unique and profound when Michelle said it from her heart.. having lived it.
Not really something Melania should have recycled for herself.
Another funny story about the plagiarism is the guy who first broke the story. He was an out of work journalist sitting in Starbucks who scooped 170 reporters @ the RNC.
On Melania Trumps plagiarism, a laid-off journalist watching in an L.A. Starbucks scooped everyone
As well as Axelrod seemed to remember Obama's speech, he apparently didn't notice that Trump had repeated some of her lines. In fact, the journalist widely credited as the first to document the apparent plagiarism, Jarrett Hill, wasn't at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland and wasn't even assigned to cover the convention at all. He was 2,000 miles away at a coffee shop in Los Angeles
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The New York Times caught up with Hill, who described his discovery.
Mr. Hill, a television journalist who was recently laid off, said in an interview that one of Ms. Trump's lines the words "strength of your dreams" caught his attention as he was watching on his computer from a Starbucks in Los Angeles, juggling Facebook chats and browsing Twitter.
Mr. Hill, 31, found the clip of Mrs. Obama's speech online and noticed that parts of the two speeches sounded the same. He then realized that a larger portion appeared to have been borrowed as he continued to examine both.
"I thought, 'That's legit plagiarism,'" said Mr. Hill, who described himself as a supporter of President Obama. "'Someone took this piece and plugged in their own information.'"
Mr. Hill, a television journalist who was recently laid off, said in an interview that one of Ms. Trump's lines the words "strength of your dreams" caught his attention as he was watching on his computer from a Starbucks in Los Angeles, juggling Facebook chats and browsing Twitter.
Mr. Hill, 31, found the clip of Mrs. Obama's speech online and noticed that parts of the two speeches sounded the same. He then realized that a larger portion appeared to have been borrowed as he continued to examine both.
"I thought, 'That's legit plagiarism,'" said Mr. Hill, who described himself as a supporter of President Obama. "'Someone took this piece and plugged in their own information.'"
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Got it.
What's clear is that whoever wrote/copy-pasted Trump's speech figured the journalists covering the convention wouldn't notice. That turned out to be true. But the aide responsible for the speech didn't account for the out-of-work reporter in an L.A. Starbucks.
What's clear is that whoever wrote/copy-pasted Trump's speech figured the journalists covering the convention wouldn't notice. That turned out to be true. But the aide responsible for the speech didn't account for the out-of-work reporter in an L.A. Starbucks.
Jarrett Hill ?@JarrettHill
Melania mustve liked Michelle Obamas 2008 Convention speech, since she plagiarized it.#GOPConvention #RNCinCLE
4:40 PM - 18 Jul 2016
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Melania looking over First Lady Michelle's shoulder~A Tribute to Michelle~ [View all]
Cha
Jul 2016
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It was really unique and profound when Michelle said it from her heart.. having lived it.
Cha
Jul 2016
#20
Melania lied when she said she wrote it with as little help as possible.. now I hear
Cha
Jul 2016
#48
I told her to be funny but seems like it was true, will see her today but unless
Thinkingabout
Jul 2016
#51
Omg, I literally LOL in this silent restaurant!! Everyone turned and looked at me.
AgadorSparticus
Jul 2016
#46