Former Harvard professor defends Claudine Gay in plagiarism case, hits Bill Ackman for attacking universities

An academic author and former Harvard professor defended former Harvard President Claudine Gay after her plagiarism scandal, arguing citation mistakes are commonly found in academic work. "Essentially, what I have to say is what a lot of people have said. What she did was a minor infraction of the rules," Dr. Marshall Poe told Fox News Digital. Poe spent years teaching Russian and Eurasian history at elite universities like Harvard and has published interviews with thousands of scholars for his podcast platform, the New Books Network. An academic author himself, Poe argues true "idea theft" in academia is exceedingly rare, and he doesn't believe Gay was guilty of it.