The same expert, meanwhile, attributed Harris’ plagiarism to technical issues in an interview with the Washington Post.
The response to accusations of plagiarism against Joe Biden during his 1987–1988 presidential campaign was far more aggressive, and many, including the Washington Post, have attributed the scandal’s derailment to it. This is in contrast to the comparatively amiable response to Harris’ plagiarism from her 2009 book about prosecuting crime.
The News published an article in 1987 titled “Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., fighting to salvage his presidential campaign,” following claims that he lifted.
Additionally, they labeled the disclosures “damaging,” and Lewis Grizzard, an independent journalist, branded Biden’s plagiarism “thievery and disinformation.”
