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SciWriteLabs 8.3: Adjudicating the Lehrer plagiarism accusations. Plus: Are we ignoring the truly frightening trends in journalism?*

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: July 3, 2012
Category: Ethics, Journalism, Media, SciWriteLabs | Tagged Arianna Huffington, Carl Zimmer, Chicago Tribune, David Quammen, Deborah Blum, Jack Shafer, Jane Jacobs, Jim Romenesko, Jonah Lehrer, Journatic, Lou Dobbs, Malcolm Gladwell, Oprah Winfrey, plagiarism, Salon.com, The New York Times, The New Yorker, This American Life, William Goldman | 10 Comments
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