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Publisher pulls second Lehrer book

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:21:37 +0000

The Daily Beast | The New York Times

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will stop selling Jonah Lehrer’s 2010 book “How We Decide,” Michael Moynihan reports.

After an internal review uncovered significant problems with the book, the publisher is “taking How We
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Knight Foundation says it was a mistake to pay Jonah Lehrer $20,000

Julie Moos — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:04:33 +0000

You’ve spoken, we agree – it was a mistake for a #journalism foundation to pay @jonahlehrer for a speech kng.ht/XCPZb9 #infoneeds

— Knight Foundation (@knightfdn) February 14, 2013

At a Knight Foundation lunch Tuesday, Jonah Lehrer apologized for … Read more

It’ll take a village to redeem Jonah Lehrer, not just repentance

Kelly McBride — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:05:19 +0000

Jonah Lehrer played to his strengths Tuesday when he lectured and apologized at a Knight Foundation lunch. But in his extended examination of conscience, he lost sight of his own flaws and missed his opportunity to really explain and … Read more

Jonah Lehrer apologizes, makes everyone angrier

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:12:30 +0000

Jonah Lehrer falls into familiar pattern, fails to face his reckoning

Craig Silverman — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:34:45 +0000

In recent years, though certainly not recently, many conference attendees have heard Jonah Lehrer speak about how our brains and our personal interactions affect our behaviours in interesting and surprising ways.

During his talk at a Knight Foundation event Tuesday, it was much … Read more

Jonah Lehrer earns $20,000 honorarium for talking about plagiarism at Knight lunch

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:49:49 +0000

At a talk this afternoon in Miami, Jonah Lehrer acknowledged his plagiarism and fabrications and described how he hopes to redeem his reputation. Lehrer read prepared remarks then answered questions from Knight Foundation President and CEO Alberto Ibargüen and the … Read more

How many journalists directly contacted Jonah Lehrer about fabrication, plagiarism accusations?

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:28:27 +0000

Jonah Lehrer told Los Angeles Magazine’s Amy Wallace that reporters following the story of his downfall had abandoned the basic tenets of journalism: “Despite the avalanche of coverage, he said, I was only the third person to contact him … Read more

Jonah Lehrer says he’s writing about ‘false accusations that have been made about my work’

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:05:49 +0000

Los Angeles Magazine
Thirteen grafs into Amy Wallace’s piece about Jonah Lehrer, she describes emailing Lehrer to ask “how Lehrer felt as he perched on the precipice before making his career-maiming leap.”

When I e-mailed Lehrer to ask him, he
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Writer finds more plagiarism, problems in Jonah Lehrer’s books

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:16:17 +0000

Reason
Greg Beato’s “Welcome to the Golden Age of Fact-Checking” is an excellent meditation on the technological and cultural changes that have contributed to our ever-more-transparent society.

But screw it, let’s get to the parts where he nails Jonah Lehrer.… Read more

Why Jonah Lehrer’s ‘Imagine’ is worth reading, despite the problems

Roy Peter Clark — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:24:38 +0000

Imagine that you are reading a seriously flawed book. Its flaws have grown into a scandal, so you decide to read it to find out about all the hubbub. As you read, you come across this much-publicized problem, … Read more