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  (Sherrod) Brown's Alito letter lifted from blogger
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ContributorThomas Walker 
Last EditedThomas Walker  Nov 08, 2005 10:01am
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News DateNov 08, 2005 10:00am
Description-- Rep. Sherrod Brown wrote to Sen. Mike DeWine last Friday, voicing concern about Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's labor record.

Brown's language was crisp -- and was plagiarized.

Roughly 90 percent of what Brown, an Avon Democrat, wrote in his letter was lifted from an Internet posting by a blogger, as Brown's office acknowledged Monday when The Plain Dealer presented the similarities.

Brown had not credited the blogger, Nathan Newman of NathanNewman.org, or any other source.
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