ISSUE: Plagiarism
- Sam Drzymala
- Mar 18, 2012 at 12:29 pm
Scott Brown Steals From Conan O’Brien
Did Scott Brown plagiarize AGAIN? This time, he poached from Conan O’Brien.
- Audrey Kubetin
- Oct 31, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Scott Brown Claims Elizabeth Dole’s Bio As His Own
Researchers at American Bridge discovered that a hefty chunk of text on Senator Scott Brown’s website was lifted word for word from a campaign speech given by former Republican Senator Elizabeth Dole in 2002.
Our research led to this segment on Boston’s WHDH 7News.
- Derek Pearce
- Oct 14, 2011 at 3:48 pm
MSNBC: Copy, paste, dig deeper Scott Brown
From the October 14, 2011 episode of The Rachel Maddow Show:
- Derek Pearce
- 2:41 pm
VIDEO: Scott Brown’s Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
The last 36 hours have been pretty rough for Sen. Scott Brown. Local and national media outlets have been hammering him over the personal values statement he plagiarized from Elizabeth Dole.
- Derek Pearce
- Oct 13, 2011 at 10:49 am
Massachusetts Press Hammers Sen. Scott Brown Over Plagiarism
Massachusetts television stations are running with a Boston Globe report on Scott Brown plagiarizing web content from former Sen. Elizabeth Dole. The Globe wrote:
“A Democratic group has unearthed a bit of inspirational autobiography on Senator Scott Brown’s official website that was lifted verbatim from Elizabeth Dole’s site, language that originated in a campaign speech…”
More from The Globe and local news clips after the jump.
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MEMO: 12 Things We Could Learn From Previous Romney Tax Returns
ICYMI: With Mitt Romney still refusing to release his pre-2010 returns, we wanted to be sure that you saw our previous memo explaining why it is so important that Mitt Romney release them.
Click through for the 12 questions that Mitt Romney needs to answer by releasing his previous years’ tax returns.
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ICYMI: Romney Profited From Government Handouts
This morning, the Los Angeles Times reported on Mitt Romney’s reliance on tax breaks and government subsidies while working in private equity. The article focuses on Steel Dynamics, the same steel company featured in Romney’s positive ad released just this morning, and all of the government help they received. In fact, Dekalb County was forced to institute a new tax to pay for all of the handouts.
Despite his constant opposition to government interference in the free market, Mitt Romney has a long history of profiting from government handouts. Research after the jump.
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Scott Brown’s Website Steals Childhood Anecdote From… Elizabeth Dole
Sen. Scott Brown may have some explaining to do. It seems a passage from his website detailing the values instilled in him as a young child was stolen essentially word-for-word from former Sen. Elizabeth Dole.
Original research & screenshots after the jump.
