STELTER: Welcome back. This weekend, a big scoop by CNN's K-File team of investigative reporters. The team found 50-plus examples of Monica Crowley plagiarizing in her 2012 book. Crowley has been a fixture on cable news for decades. She was a FOX News contributor up until very recently, when Donald Trump picked her to be the senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council. And we can show you some of the examples the plagiarism here. This is all online at CNNMoney.com. Some of these were very obvious paragraphs taken from sources like FOX News reporter James Rosen, "The Wall Street Journal" and many others. The K-File team found that some of the plagiarism actually came from a podiatrist Web site. There were a variety of sources that Crowley apparently lifted from and then used in her 2012 book. Now, the Trump transition team is standing by Crowley, telling K-File that -- quote -- "Any attempt to discredit Monica is nothing more than a politically motivated attack that seeks to distract from the real issues facing this country." But reporting, journalism, is not the same thing as trying to have a politically motivated attack against someone. Most importantly, the publisher of the book, HarperCollins, hasn't commented. That's all for this televised edition of RELIABLE SOURCES. You can find all of our media coverage, as well as that K-File report, at CNNMoney.com. I'll see you next week.
50 Plus Examples of Plagiarism in Monica Crowley's Book.