‘Daily News’ Commits One Of The ‘Greatest Injustices’

This is a little Daily News correction we somehow managed to miss yesterday, but Regret the Error picked up the slack:

On Friday, June 30, the Daily News published an op-ed, “The N-word, a never-ending obstacle,” by Carlton R. Manley, who has been a frequent contributor to our letters page. We subsequently discovered that the piece had been plagiarized from noted writer Anthony Asadullah Samad.

To have one’s words stolen by another is one of the greatest injustices that can occur to a writer. We regret that Anthony Asadullah Samad had to suffer that injustice.

That last paragraph is fantastic. Regret The Error also noted that the Manley had 20 letters published in the DN since 2003. The blog’s editor, Craig Silverman, has also contacted Samad to ask how much was plagarized. Cue the ominous music, the Drudge Report siren and let’s go all together now… DEVELOPING…

Correction 7.10.06 [Daily News]
Philly Daily News runs plagiarized op-ed [Regret The Error]