Via Memeorandum;
Mr. Lehrer faced new questions about his work on Monday in an article in the online magazine Tablet that reported that he had admitted to fabricating quotes attributed to Bob Dylan in “Imagine,” a nonfiction book published in March by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
I’m sure a proper severance package was arranged…wink wink, nudge nudge.
In a statement, the editor of The New Yorker, David Remnick, said: “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.”
Lori Glazer, a spokeswoman for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, said the publisher is “exploring all options” regarding the book. For now, the publisher will halt shipment of physical copies of the book and is taking the e-book off the market.
Since its publication in March, “Imagine” has sold more than 200,000 copies in hardcover and e-book, according to the publisher.
Now that’s gonna leave a mark.
I think what we are seeing is more and more examples of people who have simply given up all pretenses to honesty. I believe many of them have bought the liberal lie of “you didn’t earn that,” so they say and do whatever they think they must to “get theirs,” thinking that is how the rest succeed. Others simply don’t give a damn anymore. The net effect: society is finally starting to show the decay that has been growing under the creeping cancer of liberalism oh these many years.
Exactly so. And if you read the whole article, you’d see where Lehrer was caught in the lie and still kept spinning the story.
Sorry, I didn’t read the whole story (I’ve been busy with some dark and heavy reading – as I suspect you are aware), but I did hear a lengthy radio piece about this. The guy should be fired, along with his editor(s).
Do you think we’ll EVER learn?