without proper attribution

The original authors were credited folks.

Look it up.

But 15 years ago some quotation marks were left out. If you've ever written a college paper and run afoul of the style manual then you know what it's like.

It was probably done by a junior editor somewhere.

And the accusation is from Christopher Rufo, the guy who still hasn't found anyone to take the $5,000 he offered for evidence of BBQ cats.