Ackman defended his wife's actions on social media, saying he will extend the review to include journalists at CNN and The New York Times.
Bill Ackman announced plagiarism checks on MIT faculty members
MIT professor Neri Oxman was accused of plagiarizing in her dissertation
Oxman failed to use quotation marks when quoting other scholars and copied multiple paragraphs without citation from other writers
Bill Ackman, a billionaire investor and philanthropist, has announced that he will conduct plagiarism checks on all current faculty members of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) after his wife Neri Oxman was accused of plagiarizing in her dissertation. The allegations against Oxman involve four paragraphs where she failed to use quotation marks when quoting the work of other scholars, and Business Insider reported that she also copied multiple paragraphs from other writers without citation. Ackman has defended his wife's actions on social media, saying he will extend his plagiarism review to include journalists at CNN and The New York Times.
Bill Ackman campaigned on social media against Claudine Gay
Neri Oxman apologized for errors in attributing others work in her dissertation
Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned after facing accusations of plagiarism and a backlash against her response to antisemitism on campus.
Business Insider reported that Neri Oxman stole sentences and whole paragraphs from Wikipedia, other scholars, and technical documents in her academic writing.
Accuracy
Bill Ackman campaigned on social media against Claudine Gay and Neri Oxman
Neri Oxman, wife of billionaire investor Bill Ackman, has apologized for instances of plagiarism in her 2010 dissertation.
Deception
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, it presents the accusations against Neri Oxman as if they are new and recent when in fact they were made years ago. Secondly, it implies that Bill Ackman's actions led to these attacks on his family when there is no evidence of this connection. Thirdly, the article uses sensationalist language such as 'weaponization of plagiarism' which is not supported by any facts presented in the article.
The article uses sensationalist language such as 'weaponization of plagiarism' which is not supported by any facts presented in the article.
The first sentence states that Neri Oxman has been accused of copying from Wikipedia but does not provide any evidence to support this claim. This statement is misleading and deceptive as it implies that there are concrete accusations against her without providing any supporting facts.
Fallacies
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The article contains several examples of informal fallacies. The author uses inflammatory rhetoric by describing the accusations against Neri Oxman as a 'weapon' and accusing her of being targeted because she received her Ph.D from MIT or due to Dr. Kornbluth's inadequate denunciation of antisemitism at a congressional hearing last month.
The author uses inflammatory rhetoric by describing the accusations against Neri Oxman as a 'weapon'
The author accuses Dr. Oxman of being targeted because she received her Ph.D from MIT or due to Dr. Kornbluth's inadequate denunciation of antisemitism at a congressional hearing last month.
Bias
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The article accuses Neri Oxman of plagiarism. The author uses quotes from Business Insider to support the accusation and also mentions that Dr. Oxman apologized for her mistakes in attribution on Thursday.
Business Insider said on Friday that Dr. Oxman “stole sentences and whole paragraphs from Wikipedia, other scholars and technical documents in her academic writing.”
Dr. Oxman apologized for those errors on Thursday and said they involved only a few paragraphs of a 330-page thesis.
On Friday evening, before Business Insider had posted its latest story, Mr. Ackman posted on social media that the publication had contacted his wife about its recent findings.
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Conflicts
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Interest (50%)
The article discusses the plagiarism accusations against Neri Oxman and Dr. Kornbluth of M.I.T., which is a topic related to MIT Media Lab where Claus Mattheck's book, Material Ecology discipline is discussed.
Neri Oxman, an architectural professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), has been accused by Harvard University of plagiarizing from her own research in a report on the university’s campus climate.
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The author has conflicts of interest on the topics of Bill Ackman and Harvard University. The article does not disclose these conflicts.
Bill Ackman is a prominent investor who has been critical of Harvard President Lawrence Bossidy in the past.
Neri Oxman plagiarized parts of her doctoral dissertation at MIT.
Oxman acknowledged that there were four paragraphs in her 330-page dissertation where she correctly cited sources but did not place the subject language in quotation marks.
MIT's academic integrity handbook states that omitting quotation marks is a violation of its rules, both as it was written and at the time.
Accuracy
Business Insider reported that Oxman plagiarized multiple paragraphs from other writers without citation.
Deception
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author states that Neri Oxman plagiarized parts of her dissertation at MIT but does not provide any evidence to support this claim. Secondly, the Business Insider report on which CNN relies for its information about the plagiarism accusations is not independently verified by CNN and therefore cannot be trusted as a reliable source. Thirdly, Neri Oxman's response to Business Insider acknowledges that there were errors in her dissertation but does not admit to any intentional plagiarism. Finally, the article presents Ackman's defense of his wife without providing any context or evidence for why he believes she is innocent.
The author states that Neri Oxman plagiarized parts of her dissertation at MIT but does not provide any evidence to support this claim.
Fallacies
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy by citing the opinions of multiple sources without providing any evidence or context. The author also uses inflammatory rhetoric when describing the plagiarism accusations against Neri Oxman and Bill Ackman's wife.
The article mentions that Harvard president Claudine Gay resigned this week, but does not provide any information on why she resigned or what led to her resignation. This is an appeal to authority fallacy as the author relies solely on the opinion of Harvard without providing any evidence or context.
The article uses inflammatory rhetoric when describing Neri Oxman's response to Business Insider, stating that
Bias
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The article contains examples of religious bias and monetary bias. The author uses language that dehumanizes the subject by referring to them as a 'former Harvard president' rather than using their name. Additionally, the author implies that there is an inherent conflict between academia and business interests.
The article refers to former Harvard President Claudine Gay as a 'former Harvard president'
The article suggests that there is an inherent conflict between academia and business interests.
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None Found At Time Of
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Author
Conflicts
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The author has a conflict of interest on the topic of plagiarism as her husband is accused of it.
Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned after facing accusations of plagiarism and a backlash against her response to antisemitism on campus.
Neri Oxman apologized for errors in attributing others work in her dissertation, involving only a few paragraphs of a 330-page thesis.
Accuracy
No Contradictions at Time
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Deception
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author does not disclose any sources for their information which violates rule #1 of the analysis rules. Secondly, there are instances where Neri Oxman's work is quoted without quotation marks and paraphrased from a book without citation which violates rule #2 of the analysis rules.
The article does not disclose any sources for its information.
Fallacies
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The article contains several instances of plagiarism by Neri Oxman in her dissertation. The author did not use quotation marks when quoting another work and paraphrased from a book without citation.
A Business Insider article Thursday said she didn't use quotation marks when quoting another work in several instances
paraphrased from a book without citation.
Bias
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The author uses language that dehumanizes the plagiarism accusations against Neri Oxman by referring to them as 'instances of plagiarism' rather than specific examples. The use of quotation marks around phrases like 'Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned after facing accusations of plagiarism and a backlash against her response to antisemitism on campus.' is also an example of bias.
Instances of plagiarism
The use of quotation marks around phrases like 'Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned after facing accusations of plagiarism and a backlash against her response to antisemitism on campus.' is also an example of bias.
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The article by Joseph Pisani has several examples of conflicts of interest. The author quotes from a book without citation and does not use quotation marks when quoting another work in several instances.
paraphrased from a book without a citation
quotation marks when quoting another work in several instances
Author
Conflicts
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Interest (50%)
The author has a conflict of interest on the topic of plagiarism in dissertation as they are reporting on an incident involving their wife Neri Oxman.
A Business Insider article Thursday said she didn't use quotation marks when quoting another work in several instances and paraphrased from a book without a citation.
Bill Ackman ramped up his campaign against Massachusetts Institute of Technology president Sally Kornbluth
He will begin checks on the work of all current faculty members for plagiarism
Faculty members, including Kornbluth and MIT board members will be subject to checks using MIT's own plagiarism standards.
Neri Oxman apologized for errors in attributing others work in her dissertation, involving only a few paragraphs of a 330-page thesis.
Accuracy
No Contradictions at Time
Of
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Deception
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None Found At Time Of
Publication
Fallacies
(85%)
The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy. The author uses the statement 'MIT's own plagiarism standards' as if it is a reliable source of information and that these standards are objective. However, this is not necessarily true as MIT may have its own biases or agendas in place when setting their plagiarism standards.
Bill Ackman ramped up his campaign against Massachusetts Institute of Technology president Sally Kornbluth, saying he will begin checks on the work of all of the school's current faculty members for plagiarism. The move, announced Friday in a post on X, comes after Business Insider expanded its allegations of plagiarism against Ackman's wife, Neri Oxman,
Bias
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The author uses language that dehumanizes the accused faculty members by referring to them as 'all of MIT's current faculty members'. This is an example of monetary bias. The author also implies that all the accused are guilty without providing any evidence or context.
Bill Ackman ramped up his campaign against Massachusetts Institute of Technology president Sally Kornbluth, saying he will begin checks on the work of all of the school's current faculty members for plagiarism.
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Conflicts
Of
Interest (50%)
The article discusses the request made by Bill Ackman for plagiarism checks on MIT faculty members. The author of the article is Sebastian Tong and Simone Foxman who are affiliated with Business Insider which has a financial stake in companies that may be affected by any changes at MIT, such as those related to plagiarism checks.
The request for plagiarism checks on MIT faculty members is discussed in the article.
Author
Conflicts
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Interest (50%)
The author has a conflict of interest on the topic of plagiarism checks at MIT as they are reporting on Bill Ackman's request for such checks after his wife was accused. The article also mentions Sally Kornbluth and Neri Oxman who may have ties to MIT, but there is no direct evidence that these individuals have a conflict of interest.
The author reports on Bill Ackman's request for plagiarism checks at MIT after his wife was accused. This suggests that the author has an interest in this topic and may be biased towards Ackman's perspective.
Oxman apologized for errors with four paragraphs in her dissertation where she failed to use quotation marks when quoting the work of other scholars.
Business Insider reported that Oxman plagiarized multiple paragraphs from other writers without citation.
Accuracy
Ackman will conduct a plagiarism review of all MIT faculty and leadership in response to allegations against his wife.
Business Insider reported that Oxman stole sentences and whole paragraphs from Wikipedia, other scholars, and technical documents in her academic writing. About an hour before the story was published Friday, Ackman posted on social media that Oxman was just contacted by Business Insider regarding additional instances of plagiarism in her work.
MIT's academic integrity handbook states that omitting quotation marks is a violation of its rules, both as it was written and at the time.
Deception
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The article contains multiple examples of deception. Firstly, the author does not disclose any sources in their reporting and instead relies on information from other news outlets which may or may not be accurate. Secondly, the author uses sensationalist language such as 'allegations' and 'accusations', implying that there is evidence to support these claims when no specifics are provided. Thirdly, the article contains multiple instances of selective reporting where only details that support Ackman's position are included while ignoring any contradictory information. Lastly, the author uses emotional manipulation by portraying Ackman as a victim and his actions to address problems in higher education as being motivated solely by love for his wife.
The author uses sensationalist language such as 'allegations' and 'accusations'
Emotional manipulation is used by portraying Ackman as a victim.
Selective reporting is used where only details that support Ackman's position are included while ignoring any contradictory information.
The article does not disclose or quote any sources
Fallacies
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The article contains several examples of informal fallacies. The author uses inflammatory rhetoric by describing the allegations against his wife as attacks on him and his family. He also appeals to authority by stating that he will conduct a plagiarism review of all MIT faculty and leadership, without providing any evidence for this claim or explaining how it would be done. The author uses an appeal to emotion when he describes the experience as inspiring him to save news organizations from doing plagiarism reviews. Additionally, there are several examples of dichotomous depictions in the article such as describing Ackman's actions as addressing problems in higher education and his wife's work being described as a dissertation with errors.
The author uses inflammatory rhetoric by stating that he will conduct a plagiarism review of all MIT faculty and leadership, without providing any evidence for this claim or explaining how it would be done. This is an example of an appeal to authority fallacy.
Bias
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The article reports on allegations of plagiarism against Neri Oxman and her husband Bill Ackman. The author uses language that dehumanizes the subject by referring to them as 'my love and partner in life'. This is an example of emotional bias. Additionally, the author quotes a statement from Ackman where he says he will conduct a plagiarism review of all MIT faculty and leadership which implies that there may be other instances of plagiarism at MIT. The article also reports on allegations made by Business Insider against Oxman stating she stole sentences and whole paragraphs from Wikipedia, other scholars, and technical documents in her academic writing. This is an example of monetary bias as it suggests that the author has a financial interest in attacking Oxman's reputation.
The article reports on allegations made by Business Insider against Oxman stating she stole sentences and whole paragraphs from Wikipedia, other scholars, and technical documents in her academic writing.
The author uses language that dehumanizes the subject by referring to them as 'my love and partner in life'.
This is an example of monetary bias as it suggests that the author has a financial interest in attacking Oxman's reputation.
