Why did New Yorker writer Jonah Lehrer resign in 2012?

a. It was discovered that he fabricated quotes for a book.
b. He was caught in a conflict of interest.
c. Editors discovered that large chunks of his stories plagiarized information from other publications.
d. None of these answers are correct.


ANSWER: a

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