WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS, JOE BIDEN? Bloomberg Plagiarized Parts of At Least Eight of His Plans. “Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign plagiarized portions of its plans for maternal health, LGBTQ equality, the economy, tax policy, infrastructure, and mental health from research publications, media outlets, and a number of nonprofit, educational, and policy groups. The Intercept found that exact passages from at least eight Bloomberg plans or accompanying fact sheets were direct copies of material from media outlets including CNN, Time, and CBS, a research center at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the American Medical Association, Everytown for Gun Safety, Building America’s Future Educational Fund, and other organizations.”

Of course, under the circumstances, I think the same defense offered for Joe Biden — “at worst, Biden purloined piffle” — applies to this case, too. An entire chapter on plagiarism from the book Peter Morgan and I wrote, The Appearance of Impropriety, can be found here.