There have been a number of right wingers who have been accused of plagiarism and lifting other's work in recent years. Most notably, Cindy McCain, Ann Coulter and Ben Domenech and more recently, Sarah Palin was caught lifting passages from Newt Gingrich. Now, an author has accused wingnut Elisabeth Hasselbeck of lifting her content "word for word" in her new book:

BOSTON – The author of a health book has sued Elisabeth Hasselbeck, accusing the co-host of ABC's "The View" of plagiarism.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Massachusetts, alleges that Hasselbeck lifted "word for word" content from a book written by Susan Hassett, a self-published author on Cape Cod.

Hassett said in the lawsuit that she sent Hasselbeck a personal note and copy of her "Living With Celiac Disease" book as a courtesy after the television celebrity disclosed she had the illness last year.

Wasn't that nice of Elisabeth? Hassett was kind enough to send her a copy of her book, only to find out that she lifted parts of it to write her own. Not only does she lift passages, Hassett claims that Hasselbeck's book contains bogus and possibly dangerous information:

Hassett said Hasselbeck's book "slavishly reproduces" lists and passages from her own work and includes inaccuracies about celiac disease that can be "misleading and dangerous" for people with the illness. Read on...

The Stakeholder:

Can Jean Schmidt even tie her shoes without lying, cheating or stealing?

From the Wulsin campaign:

SCHMIDT PLAGIARIZES POLICY POSITIONS

This Week's Op-Ed Identical to Press Release by Deborah Pryce

Cincinnati, Ohio - Jean Schmidt added another blatant deception to her long list of publicly-exposed lies this week when she published an op-ed about Medicare Part D in the Community Press and Recorder that is almost identical to a press release issued by Congresswoman Deborah Pryce (R-Columbus) on July 10 of this year. She also published the op-ed on August 30 in the Piketon News Watchman and in the Adams County People's Defender.

"If we can't trust Jean Schmidt to give us her own opinions on basic political questions, then we can't trust her to represent us in Congress," said Dr. Victoria Wulsin. "This blatant act of plagiarism isn't just embarrassing, it's downright insulting to the voters in this district. Jean Schmidt has absolutely nothing original to say. She can only regurgitate what the Republican Party tells her to say."

Read on...

(h/t E and Raw Story)

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PLAGIARISM -(updated for bad vision)
The Raw Story has the info: In the article about a Massachusetts couple who refused to let their home-schooled children take a standardized test, Guckert used quotes identical to Beecher's article without attribution. Beecher was the only reporter in attendance at the couple's home the day the Department of Social Services came to collect the children.

I always get a kick out of how Jimmy/Jeff considers himself a journalist.
(I have to get contacts)

via Review Journal

It's down the Orwellian memory hole for the old speeches and writings of U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons, who was forced to admit last week he'd plagiarized a right-wing diatribe against hippies, Birkenstock-wearers, and tree huggers from a not-terribly-creative-but-nonetheless-copyrighted rant written by the Alabama state auditor.

Visitors to the "speeches" section of Gibbons' Web site were greeted with a blank page Sunday. Ditto for the congressman's "monthly column."

Could it be that Gibbons' staffers were anxiously reviewing every line of his writings, hoping and praying they didn't come across any familiar lines? After all, another plagiarism incident could seriously wound Gibbons' heretofore bulletproof candidacy for Nevada governor in 2006.

Chief of Staff Amy Spanbauer dismissed that notion, and blamed technical issues, not anything more sinister. "We are trying to make our site printer-friendly and some content had to come down as a result. We hope to have all issues resolved soon," she wrote in response to an e-mailed question.

Yet a check of the Gibbons Web site revealed every other link, from press releases, to congressional testimony, to "hot and current issues," to the congressman's own biography, was working fine. There wasn't a problem printing those documents.