Sheriff Clarke and plagiarized master's thesis

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  1. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

  2. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    And who is Sheriff Clarke?
     
  3. b4cz28

    b4cz28 Active Member

    Abner. No he did not. He cited ever usage in a footnote. The highlighted examples are condensed and the way it's displayed makes it look terrible. They are really making themselves look bad and its flat out dishonest at this point. I read a lot of his paper and thought he did a great job.
     
  4. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    I think the problem was that he did not use quotes. I could be wrong though. The article doesn't interest me that much to be honest, I just gave it a quick perusal. I saw that it was related to this forum, so I posted it.

    Cite Sources

    I go in trouble of couple of times myself for not using quotes in the past. I quickly corrected myself and made mention of the author then analyzed it.
     
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  5. b4cz28

    b4cz28 Active Member

    I am just shocked to see them do stuff like this to someone.
     
  6. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    It is kind of stupid to be honest. The dude does have the right credentials, though some of them may seem unorthodox to some. When you deal with a certain criminal element, certain measures must be taken, like it or not.
     
  7. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    He's kind of a black Walker Texas Ranger type Sheriff. He has been appointed to a post on the Dept. of Homeland Security. :)
     
  8. Neuhaus

    Neuhaus Well-Known Member

    I am not a fan of Sheriff Clarke.

    Aside from the fact that he espouses a rather dangerous rhetoric I also take issue with his uniform.

    However, this thesis thing is dumb. He cited the sources in his footnotes. He just didn't use quotation marks for direct quotes. That's a punctuation error. Now, if he had no quotation marks and no citations I'd say they might be onto something.
     
  9. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    I have to admit the thesis was pretty damn good! :smile: I browsed part of it.
     
  10. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

  11. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    Hold on. He was accepted to a master's program and didn't know how to cite sources? They didn't catch this during his courses?
     
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  12. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    That's right. It's all the school's fault. He's just another victim of the failed higher education system.
     
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  13. Phdtobe

    Phdtobe Well-Known Member

    Is there an underground railway for black conservatives? CNN will get if you try to leave the plantation.
     
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