It’s remarkable when someone does the research to demonstrate extensive plagiarism from a public official or someone of high profile, but the NY Times’ presentation of how Senator John Walsh (Democrat-Montana) is elegant. Highlighted sections of this master’s thesis pull up comparison copies of their sources, so you can see how closely worded they are. A bit of explanation, like the following, is one thing: “Though a footnote indicates that this information came from a report on a State Department website, the language appeared in a post by Dean Esmay on his Dean’s World blog nearly verbatim.” Showing comparisons is step up. (via Hunter Baker)