Paper Prints Copied Letter

The La Crosse Tribune got duped big time. This last Sunday they printed a letter to the editor that was practically lifted word for word from the talking points of Moveon.org. If I did what this letter to the editor did for a school paper, I would rightly be charged with plagerism. To top it all off, the Moveon.org talking points spelled Janice Rogers Brown's name wrong (Janice Rodgers Brown).

You take a look. I've placed the letter and the Moveon.org talking points side by side below. The words in bold are from the Moveon.org website here. Letter linkhere.

In the next 10 days the Republicans will try to use the "nuclear option" to seize absolute power to appoint judges who will roll back decades of progress in protecting worker rights, the environment, and privacy.

In the next week, the Republican Party will try to use the "nuclear option" to seize absolute power to appoint judges who will negate decades of progress in protecting workers rights, the environment and privacy.

The "nuclear option" is a parliamentary trick to eliminate the filibuster - the right to extend debate on controversial judicial nominations.

This parliamentary trick is intended to eliminate the filibuster, which is the right to extend debate on controversial judicial nominations.

One of the first judges the "nuclear option" would force through is Janice Rodgers Brown of California, who is nominated for the Washington D.C. Court of Appeals, a common stepping stone to the Supreme Court

One of the first judicial nominees that could be forced though is Janice Rodgers Brown of California, who is nominated for the Washington D.C. Court of Appeals, a known stepping stone to the Supreme Court.

Judge Brown follows an extremist judicial philosophy that calls for the courts to block Congress from guaranteeing such things as the 40 hour work week, the minimum wage, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act.

Judge Brown's judicial philosophy is extreme in that it calls for the courts to block Congress from guaranteeing such things as the 40-hour work week, the minimum wage and the Clean Air Act.

If you google it you find out that other papers fell for it too.

State 29 blogger is finding all of the Iowa papers that fall for the trap.

Is there any La Crosse area reader out there who can write a letter to the editor and copy job? If you do, please email me and let me know.

Crossposted at: Wild Wisconsin