"One man can change the world"

AP goes after Glenn Beck's "One man can change the world. That man or woman is you. You make the difference." , as being derivatized from Barack Obama.

In turn, Tom Blumer goes after AP in AP Outrageously Asserts that Beck 'Borrowed' Obama's Lines. An issue is that, if the AP truly considered this matter "news," they might have documented what Obama text presented the lines: "One man can change the world. That man or woman is you. You make the difference." Such side-by-side comparison is the norm in accusations of plagiarism and the like, and is separately used in claim charts in patent law. Here, AP suggested the infraction but provided no documentation. Where's the beef?

Meanwhile, back at the academic ranch Professor Says Another Prof Plagiarized. [ "one professor claims another one plagiarized her book for a doctoral thesis, and that the plagiarism was so egregious that Ohio State University rescinded the second professor's degree. " ]