Hinson apologizes, blames staff after journalist uncovers plagiarism

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Yeah sure Ashley

A candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in eastern Iowa issued an apology on social media after a journalist for the New York Times identified passages on her campaign website that had been copied from that newspaper and others.

Ashley Hinson, the Republican candidate in the race for House District 1 against incumbent Rep. Abby Finkenauer, wrote a post on Twitter that apologized for the plagiarism that the Times reported on Monday. Hinson, a former journalist, is the current Iowa House member for District 67, which includes northern parts of the Cedar Rapids metro area in Hiawatha, Marion, and Robins.

“I was unaware of the plagiarism when I reviewed drafts presented to me by staff. As a journalist I take this extremely seriously and am deeply sorry for the mistake,” Hinson wrote in the post. “The staff responsible will be held accountable.”

Yeah you probably would have gotten your ass canned from KCRG if you had done stuff like that back then, even if it was some just some rando on the internez working for you.

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1. Of course it was the staff. Why would a Republican running for Congress their own research?

This is the State of the Republican Party today. What smart politician want to run as a Republican? Just very stupid, intellectually lazy people need apply. Compromised is a definite positive attribute, though.

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2. If KCRG hadn't blocked me on twitter a long time ago for calling out their GOP bullshit....

.....I'd be asking them right now on the twitter what their reaction would have been if Ashley had done stuff like that when she worked for them.

Hint for people not blocked...

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3. Is that like plagiarized squared?

His excuse is he didn’t credit his staff for doing “his research” and they copied from someone else? Fish rots from the head first.