Headline Roundup May 8, 2018
Melania Trump Accused of Plagiarizing Obama-era Booklet for 'Be Best' Initiative
Summary from the AllSides News Team
A booklet released as a part of First Lady Melania Trump's 'Be Best' campaign copies directly from an Obama-era brochure published by the FTC in 2014. While the 'Be Best' website initially said Trump wrote the pamphlet, it now attributes authorship to the FTC and says that the First Lady is promoting it.
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Melania Trump 'Be Best' pamphlet was first published by Obama's FTC
The Hill
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A booklet published on Monday as part of first lady Melania Trump's "Be Best" campaign copies a document first published by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) during the Obama administration.
Melania Trump Can't Stop Copying the Obamas
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Melania Trump's cyberbullying initiative may not be as new as she claims, with a pamphlet about online safety for children bearing more than a striking resemblance to a 2014 pamphlet by the Federal Trade Commission released under Obama.
First lady’s office slams ‘opposition media’ for reports of cribbing from Obama admin booklet
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The spokeswoman for first lady Melania Trump castigated the “opposition media” Tuesday over reports accusing her of borrowing liberally from an Obama-era booklet to promote her initiatives on children’s safety online.
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