The depressing tale of Johann Hari

The depressing tale of Johann Hari

By Bagehot

READERS of the Independent were in for a surprise this morning: a lengthy apology from that newspaper’s star columnist Johann Hari, admitting to plagiarism and the online harrassment of rival journalists (via pseudonymous assaults on their Wikipedia entries), and announcing that he was off to take a course of journalism training at his own expense.

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