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So, You're Saying There's a chance
Experts: ‘1 in a trillion’ chance Melania Trump speech wasn’t plagiarism
CLEVELAND — Experts that hunt out plagiarism professionally say there is basically no chance that Melania Trump’s speech Monday night did not steal lines from a 2008 Michelle Obama speech.
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According to Turnitin, there is a 1 in 1 trillion chance that two writers would write the same 16-word sequence by coincidence. The longest matching sequence of words between the Trump and Obama speeches was 23 words.
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Re: So, You're Saying There's a chance
So there IS a chance ! 
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Re: So, You're Saying There's a chance
Did she say something profound?
Why is this an issue?
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Re: So, You're Saying There's a chance
Conspiracy Theory wrote:
Did she say something profound?
Why is this an issue?
Plagiarism is generally frowned upon.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: So, You're Saying There's a chance
Did she say something profound?
Why is this an issue?Plagiarism is generally frowned upon.
True.
If the roles had been reversed (ie a Dem flub) there would have been the same flap. That said, the likely culprit is not Ivanka but the speechwriter. It underscores the ineptitude of the Trump campaign organization.
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Re: So, You're Saying There's a chance
Did she say something profound?
Why is this an issue?Plagiarism is generally frowned upon.
True.
If the roles had been reversed (ie a Dem flub) there would have been the same flap. That said, the likely culprit is not Ivanka but the speechwriter. It underscores the ineptitude of the Trump campaign organization.
Indeed. I would add that a politician who routinely dismisses others as "losers" really should run a better operation than this.
And when he displays any bit of ineptitude, expect others to pounce.
It's called Schadenfreude
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