The New Weaponization of Plagiarism [PATREON UNLOCKED]

There Are No Girls on the Internet

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4.4 • 820 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Harvard donor Bill Ackman pushed for the resignation of Harvard's first Black woman president, Dr. Claudine Gay, for what he says is a history of academic plagiarism. An independent review panel cleared her of misconduct, but the allegations continued and led to her resignation. Now Ackman’s wife, Dr. Neri Oxman, is also being accused of plagiarism in her academic work.

In the aftermath of Dr. Gay’s resignation from Harvard, here’s how Ackman has responded to the allegations against his wife. Meanwhile, their troubling connection to Jefferey Epstein resurfaces.

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0:00.0	So last week, we did an episode about Dr. Claudine Gay residing from Harvard University,
0:05.8	and after we published it on Friday, the story really continued.
0:10.3	Bill Akbin, that billionaire donor to Harvard, who was calling for Dr. Gay to resign,
0:15.3	while his wife was also accused of plagiarism.
0:18.4	Their connection to Jeffrey Epstein resurfaced, and really, Bill
0:22.0	Ackman just had a meltdown about the entire thing. I could not stop thinking about it, and I had a lot
0:27.7	more to say. So I did a video rundown on the aftermath of Gay's resignation in the Patreon over the
0:33.2	weekend. The story has continued, so I wanted to unlock that Patreon episode with everybody
0:38.3	here in the main feed too. Y'all, this story is a wild one. I cannot stop thinking and talking
0:43.3	about it, so please let me know what you think. You can hit me up via email at hello at tangoody.com.
0:53.1	There are no girls on the internet as a production of IHeart Radio and Unbossed Creative.
1:01.2	I'm Bridget Todd, and this is There Are No Girls on the Internet.
1:06.8	Hey, it's Bridget. It's Sunday, January 7th. It's about 10 o'clock at night, Eastern time.
1:13.0	I'm here with some herbal tea because I'm getting my dry January on. Thank you for being here.
1:19.2	Okay, so let's get into it. We did an episode this week in the main, there are no girls on the internet feed, about Dr. Claudine Gay, the first black woman and
1:27.9	first black president of Harvard, who basically stepped down. She did resign earlier this week
1:34.2	after right-wing education activist Chris Rufo surfaced plagiarism accusations against her.
1:40.5	So in the episode, first of all, I just have to say I was pretty emotional. So thank you to everybody who listened. I'm sure that was a bit of a departure from the kind of content that you're used to from me. I am not terribly emotional on mic most times. And so just genuinely, thank you for letting me feel like I can really bring my full self to these
2:01.1	conversations.
2:02.3	And in case you're wondering, like, I am okay, I am fine, that conversation, we taped it
2:08.3	during a particularly weird and emotional time for me.
2:12.4	Like, the holidays are weird.
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