Michael Olesker (born 1945) was a longtime columnist for the "Baltimore Sun" newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland. He resigned on January 4, 2006, after allegations that his columns contained sentences or passages that he had plagiarized from articles by journalists at the "Sun" and at other newspapers. Many writers and journalists defended Mr. Olesker's practices as commonplace in daily newsrooms. Olesker was known for his liberal viewpoints and, recently, … Wikipedia
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