She said she stood by what she had written and dismissed the idea that perhaps there had been an issue with her referencing. Instead, Abramson suggested the “many people from Vice have been taking issue with the book” because “they don’t like the portrayal of Vice” in it.

Michael Moynihan, Vice News Tonight on HBO correspondent, was one of Abramson’s first critics.

“I think it’s a very balanced portrait, and I have a lot of praise for some of their journalists and some of their stories. I like their fresh approach to news,” she said.

After her appearance on Fox News, Abramson tweeted a more conciliatory message.

“I take seriously the issues raised and will review the passages in question,” she wrote.

Another critic, Ian Frisch, claimed Abramson had copied his own book Magic is Dead “at least seven times,” sharing excerpts comparing the infringing passages.

“I’m just…I don’t know. Devastated? This is just crazy. I’m just showing these screenshots so people know. I have articles to write and a book coming out in three weeks, so I have bigger shit to worry about. But shame on you, Jill. Shame on you,” he wrote.

Abramson’s publisher, Simon & Schuster, called the book “exhaustively researched and meticulously sourced” in a statement issued Wednesday night. The company stopped short of pushing back on the plagiarism allegations, however, saying, “If upon further examination changes or attributions are deemed necessary we stand ready to work with the author in making those revisions.”