Jonah Lehrer Fabricated Quotes

This article should mark the end of Jonah Lehrer's career -- some of this sounds like Stephen Glass.

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/107779/jonah-lehrers-deceptions

 

And we thought he only plagiarized himself.

 

That link's down ... can anyone provide a rundown on what happened this time around?

 

Jonah Lie-hrer.

 

Here is the Google cache of the article -- apparently, the mag is experience a denial of service attack.

http://goo.gl/7EPSy

 

He gone!

http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/07/30/jonah_lehrer_resigns_from_the_new_yorker_after_making_up_bob_dylan_quotes_for_imagine_.html

 

Sure seems like a lot of work to catch someone plagiarizing.

 

Ironic that you can finally get the axe for misquoting Bob Dylan. He mumbles so badly you can just say you misheard him.

 

The real stupidity of what Lehrer did was this: Bob Dylan is one of the most analyzed people you will ever find. He is reclusive (at least in terms of interviews) and there are people who hang on his every word. If you read this interview with the author, it seems pretty clear that the author was a huge Dylan fan who simply wanted to know where the quotes came from. Not in a "I'm gonna get you" kind of a way, but in a "I'm a Dylan obsessive and I never heard this before. What's your source?" kind of way. And it snowballed from there.

http://observer.com/2012/07/michael-c-moynihan-jonah-lehrer-bob-dylan-07302012/

 

The Pope's Kindred quote reflects a vastly-underrated approach, usefully-employed by at least one person who taught me the ropes of this business.

 

Just so. Lehrer was recklessly foolish not to realize that a Dylan obsessor would catch him out.

 

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