Johann Hari

Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm

   Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using
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   [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but
   faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick
   Harvey/WireImage

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   Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for
   plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper.

   Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was
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   Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry
   were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that
   Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism
   training course before returning to the paper.

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   Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence
   to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On
   the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong.
   The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing
   anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged;