Jonah Lehrer resigns from New Yorker after fabricating Bob Dylan quotes

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Jonah Lehrer resigns from New Yorker after fabricating Bob Dylan quotes

As The New York Times’ Julie Bosman first reported, Jonah Lehrer has resigned from The New Yorker, soon after new allegations that he fabricated quotes. Michael C. Moynihan says he’s uncovered something worse than Lehrer recycling his own material for New Yorker blog posts, which came to light in June. Moynihan says he couldn’t find evidence that Bob Dylan said some of the things Lehrer quotes him as saying in “Imagine: How Creativity Works.” Worse, he writes, Lehrer admitted lying to him about where he got some of the material because he “panicked.” Moynihan confirmed Lehrer’s resignation in a tweet: “Jonah Lehrer has resigned from the New Yorker and apologized to me.”

New Yorker Editor David Remnick tells the Times’ Julie Bosman, “This is a terrifically sad situation, but, in the end, what is most important is the integrity of what we publish and what we stand for.”

Poynter

Another dinosaur media liar bites the dust.  Good riddance to another unethical piece of shit.

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Of Macneil Lehrer  ?