Gerald Posner plagiarized New Times, PBS, and many others
Gerald Posner plagiarized New Times, PBS, and many others
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Gerald Posner: Plagiarism An ‘Old Story,’ New Times Is Out to ‘Destroy’ His Book
In this week’s New Times, we report on 16 new examples of apparent plagiarism in Gerald Posner’s latest book, Miami Babylon. We emailed all the problems to Posner last week and left multiple phone messages for him, but he never responded.Minutes ago, however, he uploaded a response to today’s stories…
More Gerald Posner Plagiarism in Miami Babylon, From New Times, PBS, and Many Others
Back on March 16, Riptide broke the news that South Beach-based author Gerald Posner’s latest book, Miami Babylon, had stolen eight passages from Frank Owen’s 2003 work Clubland. Posner had already resigned as chief investigative reporter at the Daily Beast after Slate’s Jack Shafer busted him for lifting sentences from the Miami…
Paul Farmer at Barry: NGOs Aren’t Doing Enough to Help Haitian People
Dr. Paul Farmer, the Nobel-nominated founder of Partners in Health and a world expert on making international aid work, had harsh words yesterday for the hundreds of charities trying to help Haiti recover from January’s earthquake.”There’s graffiti all over the walls in Port au Prince right now saying, ‘Down with…
Which Miami Beach Cops Earned Six Figures Last Year? Here’s the Full List
This week, a New Times investigation revealed that 54 percent of the Miami Beach Police Department’s 367 non-executive officers pulled in at least six figures last year, a figure that far exceeds other similarly sized departments in the county. The numbers matter in Miami Beach because the city is facing…
FIU Running Back Kendall Berry Stabbed To Death In Front Of Campus Rec Hall
Florida International University’s campus is still in shock this morning after Kendall Berry, a junior running back on the football team, was stabbed to death in the heart of the Miami campus last night.Just after 9 p.m., Berry got into an argument with someone who pulled out a knife and…
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‘Soupnazi’ Hacker Albert Gonzalez Gets 20 Years In Prison
A federal judge in Boston has just sentenced Miami hacker Albert Gonzalez to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing millions of credit card numbers, the AP reports. The sentence wasn’t the max Gonzalez faced — the judge could have given him 25 years behind bars –…
Gerald Posner plagiarizes again, this time at book speed
Gerald Posner plagiarizes again, this time at book speed
Miami Beach cops are paid up to $225K and face lawsuits galore
Miami Beach cops are paid up to $225K and face lawsuits galore
‘Soupnazi’ Hacker Albert Gonzalez Faces 15 to 25 Years at Sentencing Tomorrow
A federal judge in Boston is set to sentence Miami’s own superhacker, Albert Gonzalez, tomorrow for leading what prosecutors call the largest identity theft ring ever busted. Gonzalez, who pleaded guilty in September to 19 counts, faces 15 to 25 years for stealing millions of credit card numbers from national…
Angry Mohawked Pennsylvanian Charged With Assaulting Miami Airport Employees
Lost luggage? Overpriced beers? Another canceled flight back to Pittsburgh? It’s not clear what exactly set off Michael John Jones at Miami International Airport yesterday, but damn if the Pennsylvania native wasn’t angry about something. A little after 2 a.m., the 44-year-old went nuts on two MIA employees in Concourse…
Health-Care Reform Passes, No Thanks to Your South Florida Politicos
If you’re half as cool as the staff here at Riptide, you were flipping between March Madness and C-SPAN last night like your life depended on it. Which to choose?On CBS, Korie Lucious was pouring in a three at the buzzer and killing every Terp fan in the country, and…
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Former Miami Beach Cop Charged In Kidnapping And Extortion Scheme
Richard Anastasi, who served as a Miami Beach Police officer until last December, kidnapped a Russian national last week, tortured him with threats of violence and tried to extort $100,000 from his family, federal prosecutors say. Anastasi, who is 47, and an accomplice, 42-year old Francisco Arias, were charged this…
Video: Gerald Posner Apologizes for Ripping Off Parts of Miami Babylon, Then Things Get Ugly
Gerald Posner showed up at Miami Beach Botanical Garden last night fresh off New Times’ revelations that he had plagiarized significant text from author Frank Owen’s Clubland in his book Miami Babylon.Rather than ignore the “800-pound gorilla,” as he called it, or Owen himself, who was in attendance at the speech, Posner…
Legal “marijuana” for sale in Miami
Legal “marijuana” — JWH-018-soaked damiana — for sale in Miami
Wachovia Admits It Laundered Millions in Mexican Drug Cash
Wachovia bank executives have admitted that the banking giant laundered millions of dollars for Mexican drug lords between 2003 and 2008, prosecutors announced in Miami this afternoon. The bank has promised to pay $160 million in fines and penalties and to set up new safeguards within a year to prevent…
Gerald Posner Plagiarized Several Passages in Miami Babylon, Author Says
Last month, when Miami Beach journalist Gerald Posner got caught lifting from the Miami Herald in stories he wrote for the Daily Beast, he blamed the “warp speed” of the Internet. So what’s his excuse for plagiarizing at the presumably snail pace of book writing? Because it sure looks like…
Synthetic “JWH-018” Weed Hits Miami, at Least Until the Man Decides to Ban It
It kind of looks like weed. It sort of smells like weed. Pack it into a bowl, light it up, and it’ll definitely bake you into a mellow high. Yet there it is for sale right out on the counter at Laughing Buddha, a cozy smoke shop on bustling Bird…
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Disappointing Season Doesn’t Even Earn ‘Canes A Disappointing NIT Berth
For college basketball teams, getting an NIT invite is kind of like winning an all-expense paid, mid-winter trip to Detroit.Better than nothing,kinda, but tough to get too excited about. Win the NIT, and you’re officially the 66th best team in the land. Wooo!So what, exactly, is equivalent to getting screwed…
Getting Screwed by Overdraft Fees? Banks Just Lost Big in Miami Lawsuit Over Abuses
How many times has this happened? Desperate for a caffeine jolt, you stumble into a Starbucks and order a $2 tall coffee. As usual, your wallet is bereft of cash, so you whip out the debit card to pay the bill. In your sleep-deprived state, you forget that you just…
Angry dude Phil Busch called in bomb threats at Miami International Airport
Angry dude Phil Busch called in bomb threats at Miami International Airport
Miami Beach Commissioner Jerry Libbin Named President of Chamber; Ethics Rules Reviewed
Miami Beach Commissioner Jerry Libbin has accepted a new job as president of the Beach’s Chamber of Commerce, Riptide has learned. Libbin’s hiring has prompted a review from the Miami Dade County Ethics Commission to alleviate any conflicts connected to Chamber board members testifying to the commission on contract issues…