TORONTO, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Canadian author Paul William Roberts admits passages from his 2004 book "A War Against Truth" came from a 2002 article in an Atlanta newspaper, a report says.
Roberts, who issued an apology this week, said the similarity was not an act of plagiarism, but rather one of sloppy writing. Numerous passages from the book, which is about the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, resemble excerpts from an article by Jay Bookman of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Globe and Mail reported Saturday. The disputed excerpts forced Raincoast Books to halt shipments of the book.
The book was on the Globe and Mail's best-seller list the year after it was published. A lawyer for the Journal-Constitution told the Globe and Mail that neither Bookman nor the staff of the Journal-Constitution is seeking financial compensation.
A leaflet may be inserted into subsequent copies of the book or a complete apology may run in several North American newspapers, the Globe and Mail reported. Roberts could not be reached for comment.
