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Gerald Posner

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    January 24, 2011

    LeBron James, Gerald Posner, and Rick Sanchez Make List of "50 Most Deplorable Americans"

    via The Buffalo Beast​Every year we here at the Miami New Times humbly offer our Dirty Dozen of the worst locals of the year. Ever year, Buffalo's own alt weekly, The Beast, takes the concept a bit farther with the 50 most deplorable Americans of the year. Their edition this year, though, is rife ... More >>

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    December 30, 2010

    Year in review: LeBron rescues Miami

    via The Buffalo Beast​Every year we here at the Miami New Times humbly offer our Dirty Dozen of the worst locals of the year. Ever year, Buffalo's own alt weekly, The Beast, takes the concept a bit farther with the 50 most deplorable Americans of the year. Their edition this year, though, is rife ... More >>

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    December 29, 2010

    New Times' Best Quotes of 2010

    George Rekers, quote machine.​Here at New Times, people say all sorts of crazy shit to us. Then we hand-pick only the craziest shit and sift it into a giant grinder, which pumps out the little sparkling quote nuggets you find in your newspaper every week. They are designed to make you cry, giggle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Frank Owen Sues Gerald Posner Over Plagiarism Charges in Miami Babylon

    photo by Bill Cooke​Back in March, we were the first to detail local author Frank Owen's charges that Gerald Posner had plagiarized dozens of passages in his latest book, Miami Babylon, from Owen's 2003 book Clubland. The case opened the floodgates on what looks like Posner's career-long habit of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Gulf Oil Spill Sticking With Us: Top Five Things We Thought Went Away But Really Didn't

    Taint gone: the oil spill is with us for years to come, whether we like it or notYesterday scientists at the University of California, San Francisco published a report on the dangers to humans and wildlife still posed by the gigantic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. To the cha ... More >>

  • News

    July 29, 2010

    Hamid Karzai likely had Louis Maxwell killed

    Taint gone: the oil spill is with us for years to come, whether we like it or notYesterday scientists at the University of California, San Francisco published a report on the dangers to humans and wildlife still posed by the gigantic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. To the cha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Gerald Posner's New Gig: Representing Mahmood Karzai, Afghan President's Embattled Brother

    Photo by Bill CookeGerald Posner, international man of mystery.Mahmood Karzai, meet Gerald Posner.​You're a multimillionaire Afghan "entrepreneur" who happens to be the brother of fabulously corrupt President Hamid Karzai, and you've just been accused by the Wall Street Journal of airlifting billi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Gerald Posner Busted for Stealing From Our Sister Paper, Houston Press

    Last time we wrote about Gerald Posner, we showed -- in excruciating detail -- how the disgraced South Beach author appears to have plagiarized at least 35 passages from dozens of sources in two books, Why America Slept and Secrets of the Kingdom. photo by Bill Cooke​That story came a few w ... More >>

  • News

    May 27, 2010

    Letters from the issue of May 27, 2010

    Last time we wrote about Gerald Posner, we showed -- in excruciating detail -- how the disgraced South Beach author appears to have plagiarized at least 35 passages from dozens of sources in two books, Why America Slept and Secrets of the Kingdom. photo by Bill Cooke​That story came a few w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Plagiarist Gerald Posner Nabs a TV Deal For Miami Babylon. Where's Our Check?

    Gerald Posner has apparently landed a TV deal for Miami Babylon, a book that New Times has proved includes dozens of plagiarized passages. photo by Bill Cooke​Cary Woods, a producer and Plum TV-co-founder, tells the New York Post  he plans to turn Babylon into a "tropical" version of T ... More >>

  • News

    May 20, 2010

    Posner Plagiarizes Again

    Gerald Posner has apparently landed a TV deal for Miami Babylon, a book that New Times has proved includes dozens of plagiarized passages. photo by Bill Cooke​Cary Woods, a producer and Plum TV-co-founder, tells the New York Post  he plans to turn Babylon into a "tropical" version of T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Mark Lane is Much More Than An "83-Year-Old Jonestown Survivor"

    Stephen Jaffe, a publicist hired by author Gerald Posner, responded to El Jefe's recent comment about lawyer and author Mark Lane. The comment, which was reported across the country, referred to Lane as an "83-year-old Jonestown survivor." Obviously, he is much more than that., We stand corrected. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Gerald Posner Plagiarized in Why America Slept and Secrets of the Kingdom, Research Shows

    Photo by Bill Cooke Gerald Posner​In this week's Miami New Times, we write about new evidence that Gerald Posner plagiarized dozens of passages in his 2003 book Why American Slept and in 2005's Secrets of the Kingdom. After the jump, you can check out all the proof. But first, a little back ... More >>

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    May 13, 2010

    Gerald Posner Hires Rush to Judgment Author Mark Lane in Plagiarism Case

    Gerald Posner, Miami Beach author and admitted plagiarist, announced today that he's hired a lawyer to defend him against Miami New Times' stories about his literary thefts. photo by Bill Cooke​His choice of attorney is turning some heads in New York: Mark Lane is famous for authoring -- alm ... More >>

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    April 8, 2010

    Letters from the Issue of April 8, 2010

    Gerald Posner, Miami Beach author and admitted plagiarist, announced today that he's hired a lawyer to defend him against Miami New Times' stories about his literary thefts. photo by Bill Cooke​His choice of attorney is turning some heads in New York: Mark Lane is famous for authoring -- alm ... More >>

  • News

    April 1, 2010

    Gerald Posner plagiarized New Times, PBS, and many others

    Gerald Posner, Miami Beach author and admitted plagiarist, announced today that he's hired a lawyer to defend him against Miami New Times' stories about his literary thefts. photo by Bill Cooke​His choice of attorney is turning some heads in New York: Mark Lane is famous for authoring -- alm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    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. photo by Bill Cooke New Times and a doctoral student have found more than a dozen new instances of plagi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Gerald Posner: Plagiarism An 'Old Story,' New Times Is Out to 'Destroy' His Book

    Photo by Bill CookeGerald PosnerIn 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 uploa ... More >>

  • News

    March 25, 2010

    Gerald Posner plagiarizes again, this time at book speed

    Photo by Bill CookeGerald PosnerIn 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 uploa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    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. Photo by Bill Cooke Gerald Posner​So what's his excuse for plagiarizing at the presumably snail pace of book wr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    PETA Not Amused With Open Season on "Reptiles of Concern"

    via The Daily Beast​Despite its name, The Daily Beast is not a per diem review of large, threatening wild life. Well, usually anyway.Even after parting ways with Gerald Posner, Tina Brown's internet concern hasn't kept its eyes off South Florida. This week they sent former Newsweek senior rep ... More >>

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    February 11, 2010

    Gerald Posner Resigns from The Daily Beast

    Photo by Bill CookeAfter admitting to plagiarizing multiple passages from Miami Herald stories and other sources, Gerald Posner has resigned as chief investigative reporter of The Daily Beast.Posner, a Miami Beach author best known for his investigative books like Miami Babylon, posted an  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Gerald Posner Admits to Plagiarizing From the Miami Herald

    Photo by Bill CookeGerald Posner​Miami-based investigative reporter Gerald Posner has been caught lifting lines from Miami Herald stories for his own stories at the Daily Beast. As a result, Posner has been temporarily suspended.Posner, the author of Miami Babylon and many other well-received nonf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Silicon Beach: Travel Writer Uses Twitter to Explore Miami

    Andrew Nelson (center) surrounded by new Twitter friends at Scotty's Landing.​Andrew Nelson (@andrewnelson) found a new way to explore Miami that didn't involve a glossy brochure or lengthy travel guide. Instead, he crowdsourced his travel plans on Twitter, relying on the advice of locals to plan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Miami Book Fair: Ann Louise Bardach on Fidel Castro's Death

    ​Back in the 1990s, Ann Louise Bardach -- who speaks Sunday at 11 a.m. with Gerald Posner at the Miami bookfair, made herself infamous in Miami by scoring a huge interview with Fidel Castro for Vanity Fair. Later, she nailed American hypocrisy toward terrorists when talking with Magic City mad bom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Is the CIA Hiding Miami Anti-Castro Cubans' Role In JFK's Assassination?

    Here at Riptide, we've had a lot of fun lately with recently declassified CIA documents.via Wikimedia CommonsWho is on that grassy knoll?​Last week, the spooks gave us files from the 60s that proved Luis Posada Carriles -- Miami's most famous terrorist still walking the streets today -- used to sn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    The Week That Was

    DJ Seasunz, a well established local DJ, drove around in his car with the dead body of his 18-year-old girlfriend before turning himself into police. He's being charged with second-degree murder and was denied bond.Miami's best known graffiti crew, MSG, is heading to divorce court as one of the co-f ... More >>

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    October 14, 2009

    Look Who Showed Up at the Miami Babylon Book Reading

    Bill CookeTrisha Posner (left), Irene Marie, and Tara Solomon​Just last week, investigative journalist Gerald Posner complained to the New York Post that no one in town would throw a party for the release of his new book detailing the cocaine-fueled history of Miami Beach, Miami Babylon. Not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    News Roundup

    Gerald Posner speaks about the ol' coke days of Miami-past: "You could go to a dentist and pay him with an eight-ball. You could rent a boat with cocaine. It sounds like a bad movie, but it's true." [WSJ] The Miami Hurricanes took easy care of the FAMU rattlers in a game of college football. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Miami Babylon Details SoBe Wine & Food's Lee Schrager's Guilty Past

    ​Gerald Posner has a new book out called Miami Babylon. In it, he details Lee Schrager's having pled guilty to insurance fraud. Lee Schrager is the local, socially-networked promotions powerhouse behind the success of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.Our paper-product recently profiled Lee ... More >>

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    August 13, 2009

    Book Fair Announces Author List

    WikicommonsHunter S. Thompson at the 1988 Fair​Artists have Basel. Filmmakers have MIFF. Geniuses have the Book Fair.My inner nerd (well, maybe it's outer, too...) did the running man this morning when it saw PR-extraordinaire Lisa Palley's email announcing the Author List for the 2009 Miami Book ... More >>

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    All Puffed Up

    If you're Puff Daddy and you're in need of a career boost, come on down to Miami

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    April 19, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the issue of April 19, 2001

  • News

    April 12, 2001

    Revelation 19.63

    For nearly four decades the CIA has kept secret the identity of a Miami agent who may have known too much too early about Lee Harvey Oswald

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