Bill Ackman
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And so if it's a fact that is known by your audience, you're not required to quote or cite. And so all those Wikipedia entries were for things like sustainable design, computer aided design. She just took a definition from Wikipedia, common knowledge to her readers, no obligation under the handbook, totally exempt.
And so if it's a fact that is known by your audience, you're not required to quote or cite. And so all those Wikipedia entries were for things like sustainable design, computer aided design. She just took a definition from Wikipedia, common knowledge to her readers, no obligation under the handbook, totally exempt.
And so if it's a fact that is known by your audience, you're not required to quote or cite. And so all those Wikipedia entries were for things like sustainable design, computer aided design. She just took a definition from Wikipedia, common knowledge to her readers, no obligation under the handbook, totally exempt.
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on the using the same words she referred to like connect whatever some kind of 3d printer she was the stratasys 3d printer and she quoted from the manual right away stratasys is a company you consulted for the very you don't need to that's not something you're not stealing their ideas you're describing a nozzle for a device you use in your work and a footnote that's not a theft of idea right
on the using the same words she referred to like connect whatever some kind of 3d printer she was the stratasys 3d printer and she quoted from the manual right away stratasys is a company you consulted for the very you don't need to that's not something you're not stealing their ideas you're describing a nozzle for a device you use in your work and a footnote that's not a theft of idea right
And so I'm like, this is crazy. And so this has got to stop. And so I reach out to a guy I knew who was on the board of Business Insider, the chairman, and his name is going to come public shortly. I committed to that time to keep his name confidential. It's now surfaced publicly in the press. Can I just pause real quick here? Sure.
And so I'm like, this is crazy. And so this has got to stop. And so I reach out to a guy I knew who was on the board of Business Insider, the chairman, and his name is going to come public shortly. I committed to that time to keep his name confidential. It's now surfaced publicly in the press. Can I just pause real quick here? Sure.
And so I'm like, this is crazy. And so this has got to stop. And so I reach out to a guy I knew who was on the board of Business Insider, the chairman, and his name is going to come public shortly. I committed to that time to keep his name confidential. It's now surfaced publicly in the press. Can I just pause real quick here? Sure.
Right, because you want to be precise here. Well, it's not even that. I mean, yes, I have said that we're going to sue Business Insider. And in 35 years of my career of someone who has not every article has been a favorable one, not every article has been an accurate one. I've never threatened to sue the media and I've never sued the media. But this is so egregious.
Right, because you want to be precise here. Well, it's not even that. I mean, yes, I have said that we're going to sue Business Insider. And in 35 years of my career of someone who has not every article has been a favorable one, not every article has been an accurate one. I've never threatened to sue the media and I've never sued the media. But this is so egregious.
Right, because you want to be precise here. Well, it's not even that. I mean, yes, I have said that we're going to sue Business Insider. And in 35 years of my career of someone who has not every article has been a favorable one, not every article has been an accurate one. I've never threatened to sue the media and I've never sued the media. But this is so egregious.
It's not just that she did nothing wrong, but they accused her of academic fraud. They did it knowing. They referenced MIT's own handbook, so they had to read all the same stuff that I read in the handbook. They did that work. Then, after I... you know, escalated this thing to the, you know, Henry Blodgett, the chairman of Business Insider, to the CEO of Axel Springer.
It's not just that she did nothing wrong, but they accused her of academic fraud. They did it knowing. They referenced MIT's own handbook, so they had to read all the same stuff that I read in the handbook. They did that work. Then, after I... you know, escalated this thing to the, you know, Henry Blodgett, the chairman of Business Insider, to the CEO of Axel Springer.
It's not just that she did nothing wrong, but they accused her of academic fraud. They did it knowing. They referenced MIT's own handbook, so they had to read all the same stuff that I read in the handbook. They did that work. Then, after I... you know, escalated this thing to the, you know, Henry Blodgett, the chairman of Business Insider, to the CEO of Axel Springer.
I even reached out to Henry Kravis at a certain point in time, one of the controlling shareholders of the company through KKR, laying out the factual errors in the article. Business Insider went public after they said Nary committed academic fraud and plagiarism and said, we didn't challenge any, the facts remain undisputed. in the article. So it's basically, Neri committed plagiarism.
I even reached out to Henry Kravis at a certain point in time, one of the controlling shareholders of the company through KKR, laying out the factual errors in the article. Business Insider went public after they said Nary committed academic fraud and plagiarism and said, we didn't challenge any, the facts remain undisputed. in the article. So it's basically, Neri committed plagiarism.
I even reached out to Henry Kravis at a certain point in time, one of the controlling shareholders of the company through KKR, laying out the factual errors in the article. Business Insider went public after they said Nary committed academic fraud and plagiarism and said, we didn't challenge any, the facts remain undisputed. in the article. So it's basically, Neri committed plagiarism.
That's story one. Neri admits to plagiarism. She admits to plagiarism. She admitted to making a few clerical errors. That's the only thing she admitted to. And she graciously apologized. So they said, Neri admits to plagiarism, apologizes for plagiarism. That's incredibly damning. And by the way, we're doing an investigation, because we're concerned that there might've been inappropriate process.
That's story one. Neri admits to plagiarism. She admits to plagiarism. She admitted to making a few clerical errors. That's the only thing she admitted to. And she graciously apologized. So they said, Neri admits to plagiarism, apologizes for plagiarism. That's incredibly damning. And by the way, we're doing an investigation, because we're concerned that there might've been inappropriate process.