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In spite of the bad press, Biden"s campaign gained momentum. He was able to connect with audiences of all kinds, and it seemed that people were hungry for his message of decency and opportunity for all.
尽管舆论对他不利，拜登的竞选势头依然强劲。他能够与各种各样的观众联系在一起，似乎人们都渴望听到他关于所有人都能体面生活和公平机会的信息。
But his campaign was dealt a huge blow when the New York Times published a story claiming he"d used part of a speech by the British politician Neil Kinnock, without attributing the quote. Biden had included Kinnock"s lines in the closing argument of a debate, and forgot to credit him. The newspaper didn"t mention that they"d been sent the video by one of Biden"s political rivals, who was actively trying to smearhis campaign.
但当《纽约时报》发表了一篇报道，声称他使用了英国政治家尼尔·金诺克的部分讲话，而没有对这段引文进行说明，他的竞选活动受到了巨大打击。拜登把金诺克的部分讲话写入辩论的结论部分，却忘了表明引用。该报没有提到是拜登的一个政敌给他们发来的视频，这位政敌正积极试图抹黑他的竞选活动。
The stories got worse. Journalistsraked through Biden"s academic records, and found that at Syracuse he"d also been accused of plagiarizing a quote. In the end, the law school had concluded that Biden hadn"t intended to cheat. As a young scholar, he simply didn"t know how to reference properly. But the press didn"t care. They ran a story about how Biden was a plagiarizer even in college. The stories were devastating to Biden because they questioned the quality he prized most highly: his personal integrity.