WaPo 'Red America' blogger under fire for alleged plagiarism

By Robert Niles: The Washington Post again has come under attack from the left-wing flank of the blogosphere, this time for the hiring of former GOP operative and RedState.com co-founder Ben Domenech to blog for the Post. Conservatives sought a right-wing blog on the Post's site, charging that "White House Briefing" columnist Dan Froomkin was liberal and that the right-wing deserved equal time on the site. Liberals countered that Froomkin is a journalist, not an ideologue, and that if the Post is going to hire a right-winger with a political background, it ought to hire a left-wing political blogger, too.

The verbal battle heated when Domenech called the late Coretta Scott King a "communist," a slur for which Domenech later apologized. But left-wingers now have discovered what they say are several instances of Domenech plagiarizing from other publications.

Asked for comment, WashingtonPost.com executive editor Jim Brady replied via e-mail, "We have seen these reports, and we are looking into them as we speak."

Update: He's out.

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