If he's telling the truth in his apology (he isn't) then Somerton has a lingering brain injury so severe that he cannot differentiate his own writing from the writing of others even when it constitutes pages upon pages of text, and is thus physically unfit to be a professional non-fiction writer.

Where is he posting this?

I'm reading this and thinking to myself "How is Dan posting about James again?" Only to find the YouTube video after searching for it. Jeez.

Does it also make him a really terrible and transparent liar?

He's lying scum all the way through. He'll never admit to it, though - all he's got are the lies

It just has to be he wants to keep his grift. He’s just hoping enough people forgive him he can keep making a living… and… surely he didn’t -not- watch the video?!? That’s insane

i'm sure he also forgot about stealing entire video clips from existing essayists even as they sat in his editing program labelled, too.

I find it fascinating whenever someone excuses their misdeeds by making up lies that are themselves disqualifying.

It's funny that the TBI only selectively works on books and articles related to his YouTube channel and not any other media like getting the plot of books or movie dialogue mixed up.

i too have a brain injury that only manifests when i'm making a profit, and only in ways that benefit that profit

Harris's video was my first exposure to Somerton and my jaw was dropping by the half hour mark of his half and only kept lowering for the next 90 minutes at how brazen and manipulative and EVIL this man is