Matt Smith of the San Francisco Weekly noted in 2007 that numerous articles and photos by Sharon Gray were from other sources, including the Sacramento Bee, and constituted apparent plagiarism.
(詳細は後述) San Francisco WeeklyのMatt Smithは2007年、Sharon Grayのかなり多くの記事と写真が、The Sacramento Beeを含む別のソースのものであり、明らかな剽窃であると指摘した。