Editor,
Less than a week ago, the Daily Lobo wrote a piece, “Plagiarism Up, Punishment Down.”
The other day, “community member” Jake Shalette “wrote” a piece, too, except the piece was stolen from Donna Gordon Blankinship from the Associated Press.
The original article talks about what one cartoonist did. At the end of the plagiarism, Shalette adds his two cents in an effort to throw blame on Muslims for something they have nothing to do with.
Editor, I would like to encourage anyone that is trying to spread hate, racism, sexism or homophobia to at least do it with some originality. That way, they would look just a tad less pathetic.
Ahmad Musleh
UNM student
Editor’s Note: Thanks, Ahmad, for pointing out the irony. The Daily Lobo encourages its readers to produce more original letters to the editor, though we felt Shalette’s commentary at the end, as sparse it might have been, was worth publishing.
