Jon Keller and his footnotes, or lack thereof

In the Herald, Jessica Haslam calls Jon Keller a plagiarist (without actually using the word "plagiarist," but come on, that's what she's calling him):

WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller's highly touted new book, "The Bluest State," is riddled with almost three dozen instances of direct quotes and other material lifted from numerous newspaper articles without any attribution, a Herald review has found. ...

At the Phoenix, Adam Reilly defends Keller; says a careful reader can distinguish between quotes veteran reporter/commentator Keller got himself and those that came from other sources:

... True, the system could be clearer. But it's a real reach to accuse Keller of bad faith here.

Reilly writes he agrees with former Phoenix media critic, current Northeastern University journalism professor and Keller friend Dan Kennedy that the real problem is simply that Keller didn't use footnotes:

... A fair reading of "The Bluest State" makes it absolutely clear that Keller has written an amalgam combining some original reporting with a lot of material that, at this point, is essentially in the public domain. I find it hard to believe that anyone would think Keller had personally interviewed everyone he quotes. ...

Even Save WRKO wades in, with Brian Maloney calling the whole thing a kerfluffle, although he then veers off into conspiracy land, accusing Heslam of being the tool of:

[A] Caracas-style campaign to purge political opponents from Massachusetts for good.