Ex-New York Magazine writer announces he will 'take some time away' after plagiarism scandal

Former New York Magazine writer and The Metropolitan Review editor-in-chief Ross Barkan apologized once again after several plagiarism allegations against him and revealed Wednesday he plans to "self-reflect" with some time away.

"Let me first begin by saying I'm sorry.

I truly am sorry for the mistakes I made," Barkan wrote on X.

"None of them, genuinely, were willful or intentional.

In the course of writing many columns a week, I did not use citations as aggressively as I should have and did not paraphrase well enough.

I never intended to crib from anyone's work.

I promise all of you that.

I recognize, though, how I failed.

I am sorry to the journalists whose work I did not properly cite.

"I'm going to take some time away and self-reflect," he added.

"I promise to do a much better job going forward." EX-CAMBRIDGE PROFESSOR FOUND DEAD AFTER PLAGIARISM SCANDAL LED TO ABRUPT RESIGNATION Barkan originally hinted at an event in September through the Metropolitan Review in an X post last week but has not provided any updates since then beyond his new statement.

He has not yet clarified whether he will retain his position at the Metropolitan Review.

Fox News Digital reached out to Barkan and The Metropolitan Review for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

The controversy originally began in May when Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell accused Barkan of lifting from his report about conservative commentator Ben Shapiro and his outlet, The Daily Wire, for one of his columns.