The Virtues of Parasitism

Explore the American journalistic tradition that embraces borrowing and sponging from other publications' work. Click to learn more!

Written byKeith Kloor
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Attention all fellow bloggy bottom-feeders, Slate's Jack Shafer has got your back:

Borrowing, sponging, lifting, scrounging, leaching, pinching, and outright theft of other publications' work is firmly in the American journalistic tradition.

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