American Bridge - Senator's Website Used Words From Dole In Oversight Reuters

CONWAY, Mass Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:22pm EDT

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown made use of language identical in order to earlier thoughts by simply past Senator Elizabeth Dole on his webpage with what his / her place of work defined on Thursday being a inadvertent staff oversight.

Massachusetts Democratic group American Bridge 21st Century acquired charged Brown, a new younger Republican senator, with plagiarism on Wednesday while them stated some sort of communication with his endorsed internet site matched passages from the campaign conversational and also a distinguish e-book written decades back by ex - North Carolina Senator Dole.

American Bridge claimed that, right until it was before improved a week ago, Brown's "A Message from Scott" article read close to identically that will portion of a speech Dole designed to kick off the woman's 2002 plan inside North Carolina in addition to soon after incorporated into your girlfriend 2005 book, "Elizabeth Hanford Dole: Speaking in the Heart."

Brown's business office acknowledged that their team utilised Dole's website to be a model to get Brown's, and also said the particular copy regarding Dole's pleasant communication there is accidentally transferred to his web site regarding a year and a 1 / 2 ago.

"During structure in the site, the articles with this specific web page has been inadvertently moved with out becoming rewritten," Brown spokesman John Donnelly stated in a statement. "It ended up being a new staff members grade oversight which in turn many of us regret plus continues to be corrected."

The page have been online without modified since all over the time Brown went on office, on February 4, 2010, claimed Marcie Kinzel, a Brown spokeswoman.

"Accusations connected with plagiarism are finished falsehoods," your lady said.

Dole spokesman Brian Nick mentioned Dole's place of work had been recently conscious that Brown made use of your ex web site like a template. Brown earned a unique election that will succeed Senator Ted Kennedy within January 2010, though Dole seemed to be ousted since Senator around 2008 any time the girl misplaced a reelection bid.

"Language was used as being a mistake, it was human error," Nick said. He extra that will Dole grew to become aware of Brown's terms getting echoed your ex own just simply prior the following week.

(Reporting by simply Zach Howard; Editing by way of Cynthia Johnston)