False attributions 
 and self-plagiarism 
 and plain old plagiarism... 
 oh, my! 
 I'm not a journalist; honestly, I have trouble understanding the ethical dilemmas of "self-plagiarism." Yes, I understand that one should cite oneself, but I can also understand why this would fail to occur to an author. 
 But seriously? 
 Plagiarising Gladwell? 
 Making up quotes from Bob Dylan? 
 Taking quotes from Wikipedia and pretending that they were interviews? 
 What makes one decide to do that? 
 Do explain.