A MAUREEN DOWD PLAGIARISM SCANDAL. Here are my thoughts on plagiarism, generally, from The Appearance of Impropriety.

Meanwhile, I agree with this take:

In fact, the beauty of MoDo’s snafu is that not only does it show a major player in the media being led around by nutroots talking points, it involves her lifting stuff from a blog that’s actually called “Talking Points.” Glorious.

Indeed.