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Term used in the Asian media world to describe a publisher or editor who writes swathes of articles by copying and pasting from other sources. Named after Malaysian media magnate, Mohan Tirvgmanasam Banddam, owner of the Khmer Times in Cambodia, who was unmasked as having written over 20 editorial articles which were all plagiarised. Mohanist avoids the confusion over British v American spelling of plagiarised and is now often used by many expat journalists in the region.
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