Several scandals have rocked the world of journalism this summer with a sharp focus on science journalism in particular. Most prominently, Jonah Lehrer, the popular neuroscience book author and contributor for Wired and the New Yorker, was caught reusing his own content and fabricating quotes that he attributed to Bob Dylan. He resigned from his job at the New Yorker, but Wired has decided to keep publishing Lehrer's work. While Lehrer has taken the spotlight, journalistic indiscretions seem to be increasingly common outside of such high-profile cases. Most recently, Science News published a story last Friday about a new forensic camera technology that can uncover hidden blood stains. Pretty cool, right? What's not so cool? A once trusted news service, United Press International, lifted passages from the article without attribution. For instance, Rachel Ehrenberg, the original author at Science News, wrote the following : "Spattered blood intentionally hidden under l
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