Many members of the conservative blogosphere have followed the debacle at the Washington Post’s new conservative blog, Red America; and yesterday’s resignation amid charges of plagarism. Ben has an apology at Red State today.
I want to apologize to National Review Online, my friends and colleagues here at RedState, and to any others that have been affected over the past few days. I also want to apologize to my previous editors and writers whose work I used inappropriately and without attribution. There is no excuse for this - nor is there an excuse for any obfuscation in my earlier statement.
I hope that nothing I’ve done as a teenager or in my professional life will reflect badly on the movement and principles I believe in.
I’m deeply grateful for the love and encouragment of all those around me. And although I may not deserve such support, it makes it that much more humbling at a time like this. I’m a young man, and I hope that in time that I can earn a measure of the respect that you have given me.
Regards,
Ben
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March 25th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
I hope that nothing I’ve done as a teenager or in my professional life will reflect badly on the movement and principles I believe in.
Aside from demonstrating that the “principles” you claim to believe in are either non-existent on phony?
Here’s a tip from someone older than you. EVERYTHING YOU DO REFLECTS ON YOU. IT’S THE ONLY STANDARD BY WHICH ONE IS JUDGED.
You are going to have to live an exemplary life for a long time before the world forgets that the first time you came to our attention, it was as a liar and a hack.
Perhaps journalism is not your career path.
BTW, HOW DID YOU GET THAT JOB? Nothing you have done so far seems to have qualified you for it.
March 25th, 2006 at 10:01 pm
Repack Rider, you shouldn’t kick even your enemy whe he’s down. Ben did wrong, and his actions disgraced our community; but he apologized manfully, and I for one respect him for it. He’s certainly taking the full consequences of his actions.
March 26th, 2006 at 8:49 am
A true apology would have included the following:
1. A specific apology to his college editors, for accusing them of inserting plagiarized material into his columns.
2. An accurate description of his previous behavior: not obfuscation, but lies and smears.
March 26th, 2006 at 1:05 pm
you shouldn’t kick even your enemy whe he’s down. Ben did wrong, and his actions disgraced our community; but he apologized manfully, and I for one respect him for it.
So there should be no consequences for the young man for his actions? If a murderer or a bank robber “apologizes manfully” does that get him off the hook?
He’s certainly taking the full consequences of his actions.
Since he has been plagiarizing pretty much his entire life while serving up a heaping helping of hypocrisy about morality, losing a job that he only held for three days does not seem like much of a punishment. This guy has a serious Christ-deficiency in his life.
No one yet has answered the question as to how this chickenhawk college dropout, handicapped by having no talent and no life experience, with a background of intemperate comments and plagiarism, and nothing going for him but a father working for the Bush administration, was considered the “best” blogger out of millions available that the WaPo could find.
Wait. I think I figured it out.