Jonah Lehrer saw his career as a New Yorker writer end today for fabricating Bob Dylan quotes, but there is an interesting side note for this Internet age: the lifespan of a plagiarist appears to be getting shorter.
Stephen Glass, famous for fabricating large parts of numerous magazine pieces in the 90s, has spent years trying to gain admittance to the California bar, and Reuters's Jack Shafer sifted through some of the arguments Glass's team has made for his fitness as a lawyer.
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