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'I Fell Short': Jill Abramson Responds To Charges Of Plagiarism, Inaccuracies

The former New York Times executive editor finds herself embroiled in controversy after passages in her new book Merchants of Truth were found to echo work written by others.
Jill Abramson, former managing editor and executive editor of <em>The New York Times,</em> speaks at 2014 Pennsylvania Conference For Women in Philadelphia.

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Jill Abramson, former New York Times executive editor, finds herself embroiled in controversy over charges of inaccuracies and plagiarism in her new book Merchants of Truth, out this week.

The book was skewered by Vice correspondent Michael Moynihan in Wednesday that showed passages

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