“The process used by Miller to tag such problems is unreliable, and is prone to false positives.” — Douglas Wilson

Alternate title: “Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?” — Chicko Marx

This is my favorite example of plagiarism that Rachel Miller discovered in the Omnibus series. I like it because of the rich contrast between the deep yellow and the pastel blue, as well as the amount of yellow required to highlight the theft. Only a fool could mistake this for “America was discovered in 1492 by Columbus.” But I digress. Our example is taken from page 211 of Omnibus Volume I (edited by Douglas Wilson & Tyler Fischer) and they stole the content from harvard.edu.

Veritas Press published Volume I in April 2005, and the first recorded image of the page they ripped off is dated February 29, 2003. Notice the date stamp on the Wayback Machine’s navigation bar at the top of the page. You can also check the date by looking at this link, which shows all of the Wayback Machine’s 2004 entries for this particular page. This means we can rule out the possibility that an Omnibus graduate produced this particular entry for Harvard, though it will not keep them from claiming it.

Congratulations once again to Rachel Miller for pounding another tent peg into Sisera’s melon.

Volume I, page 211

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  2. 1Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

    Matthew 23:1-3 NIV

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