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==Journalistic controversy==
==Journalistic controversy==
In June 2011 Hari was accused of plagiarism in his use of unattributed quotations in interviews, where he had reused previously published quotes in place of his interviewees' recorded answers.
In June/July 2011 Hari was accused of plagiarism in his use of unattributed quotations in interviews, where he had reused previously published quotes in place of his interviewees' recorded answers. The Orwell Prize, which he had won in 2008, was withdrawn. He was shown to have been making misleading edits on Wikipedia under a pseudonym. Hari apologised for his actions. The apology was publicly criticised.


===Plagiarism accusations===
===Plagiarism===


Accusations were made on 17 June 2011 by a small left-wing blog (which compared Hari's 2004 interview with [[Antonio Negri]]<ref name=HariNegri>{{cite news|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=Antonio Negri: The nostalgic revolutionary|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/antonio-negri-the-nostalgic-revolutionary-556885.html|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=17 August 2004}}</ref> with ''Negri on Negri''<ref>{{cite web|title=HARI KARI/HACKERY|url=http://deterritorialsupportgroup.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/hari-karihackery/|work=Deterritorial Support Group|publisher=DSG|accessdate=16 September 2011}}</ref>). On 27 June Brian Whelan, editor of [[Yahoo!]] Ireland, analysed Hari's interview with [[Gideon Levy]].<ref name=HariWhelan>{{cite web|last=Whelan|first=Brian|title=Is Johann Hari a copy-pasting churnalist?|url=http://brianwhelan.net/post/6972324037/is-johann-hari-a-copy-pasting-churnalist|work=http://brianwhelan.net/|publisher=Brian Whelan|accessdate=29 June 2011}}</ref><ref name=HariLevy>{{cite news|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=Is Gideon Levy the most hated man in Israel or just the most heroic?|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/is-gideon-levy-the-most-hated-man-in-israel-or-just-the-most-heroic-2087909.html|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=24 September 2010}}</ref> Whelan's accusation reached other journalists<ref name=GuardianHari>{{cite news|last=Sabbagh|first=Dan|title=Johann Hari denies accusations of plagiarism|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/jun/28/law-expert-view-johann-hari-copyright|accessdate=28 June 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 June 2011}}</ref> and Hari was criticised<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100094506/johann-hari-and-the-tyranny-of-the-good-lie/ Johann Hari and the tyranny of the 'good lie' – Telegraph Blogs<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> by journalists in ''The Guardian'',<ref>Dan Sabbagh [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/28/johann-hari-plagirism-row-quotes "Johann Hari plagiarism row – in quotes",] ''The Guardian'', 28 June 2011</ref><ref name=Haricopyright>{{cite news|last=Banks|first=David|title=co-author of McNae's Essential Law for Journalists|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/jun/28/law-expert-view-johann-hari-copyright?intcmp=239|accessdate=28 June 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 June 2011}}</ref> ''The Telegraph'', the ''New Statesman'', and the ''Washington Post''.<ref name=HariWP>{{cite news|last=Flock|first=Elizabeth|title=Johann Hari denies he plagiarized, sparking #interviewbyhari mockery campaign|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/johann-hari-denies-he-plagiarized-during-interviewsbyhari/2011/06/28/AGGk0ApH_blog.html|accessdate=28 June 2011|newspaper=Washington Post|date=28 June 2011}}</ref>
Hari had interviewed many leading figures, including [[Martin Amis]], [[Tony Blair]], [[Gordon Brown]], [[William F. Buckley]], [[David Cameron]], [[Hugo Chavez]], the [[Dalai Lama]], [[Abu Hamza al-Masri|Abu Hamza]], [[Christopher Hitchens]], [[David Irving]], [[Malalai Joya]], [[Ann Leslie]], [[Gideon Levy]], [[George Michael]], [[Antonio Negri]], [[Dolly Parton]], [[Shimon Peres]], [[Salman Rushdie]], [[Gareth Thomas (rugby player)|Gareth Thomas]], and [[Gore Vidal]]. Initial discovery of Hari's plagiarism was made by blogs examining Hari's interviews and comparing them with past interviews by other journalists and past written works by the interview subjects. Hari was criticised for this in ''The Guardian''<ref name=GuardianHari>{{cite news|last=Sabbagh|first=Dan|title=Johann Hari denies accusations of plagiarism|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/jun/28/law-expert-view-johann-hari-copyright|accessdate=28 June 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 June 2011}}</ref>, ''The Telegraph''<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Neill|first=Brendan|title=Johann Hari and the tyranny of the 'good lie'|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100094506/johann-hari-and-the-tyranny-of-the-good-lie/|accessdate=27 September 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=29 Jube 2011}}</ref>, and ''The Washington Post''<ref name=HariWP>{{cite news|last=Flock|first=Elizabeth|title=Johann Hari denies he plagiarized, sparking #interviewbyhari mockery campaign|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/johann-hari-denies-he-plagiarized-during-interviewsbyhari/2011/06/28/AGGk0ApH_blog.html|accessdate=28 June 2011|newspaper=Washington Post|date=28 June 2011}}</ref>


On 28 June 2011, Hari said on his blog<ref name=Hariblog>{{cite web|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=Interview Ettiquette|url=http://johannhari.com/2011/06/27/interview-etiquette|work=http://johannhari.com|accessdate=28 June 2011}}</ref> that he had taken material previously written by interviewees and presented it as part of the interview, but said that this was not plagiarism as he was not passing off someone else's thoughts as his own. [[Simon Kelner]], then editor-in-chief of ''The Independent'', said on 28 June that the newspaper had not previously received any complaints about Johann Hari.<ref name=HariKelner>{{cite news|last=Sabbagh|first=Dan|title=Independent editor joins Johann Hari row on Twitter|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/28/johann-hari-defended-independent-editor|accessdate=28 June 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 June 2011}}</ref> The same day, the [[Media Standards Trust]] announced that they recognised the potential of these allegations to damage the reputation of the [[Orwell Prize]],<ref name=HariMST>{{cite web|title=Media Standards Trust response to Johann Hari allegations|url=http://mediastandardstrust.org/mst-news/media-standards-trust-response-to-johann-hari-allegations/|work=http://mediastandardstrust.org|publisher=Media Standards Trust|accessdate=28 June 2011}}</ref> which Hari had been awarded in 2008, and instructed the Council of the Orwell Prize to take action<ref name=HariOrwell>{{cite web|last=Gunter|first=Joel|title=Orwell Prize Council begins investigation into Johann Hari|url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/orwell-prize-council-begins-investigation-into-johann-hari/s2/a544924/|work=http://www.journalism.co.uk|publisher=Mousetrap Media Ltd|accessdate=30 June 2011}}</ref> to examine the allegations.
Initially Hari said on his blog<ref name=Hariblog>{{cite web|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=Interview Ettiquette|url=http://johannhari.com/2011/06/27/interview-etiquette|work=http://johannhari.com|accessdate=28 June 2011}}</ref> that he had taken material previously written by interviewees and presented it as part of the interview, but said that this was not plagiarism as he was not passing off someone else's thoughts as his own. Later Hari said that his use of unattributed quotes was only a clarification, both on his blog<ref name=Harigate2>{{cite web|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=My response to yesterday's allegations|url=http://www.johannhari.com/2011/06/29/my-response-to-yesterdays-allegations|work=http://www.johannhari.com|publisher=Johann Hari|accessdate=29 June 2011}}</ref> and in ''The Independent''.<ref name=Harigate>{{cite news|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=Johann Hari: My journalism is at the centre of a storm. This is what I have learned|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-my-journalism-is-at-the-centre-of-a-storm-this-is-what-i-have-learned-2304199.html|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=29 June 2011}}</ref> This defence met with some criticism<ref name=Haricopyright>{{cite news|last=Banks|first=David|title=co-author of McNae's Essential Law for Journalists|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/jun/28/law-expert-view-johann-hari-copyright?intcmp=239|accessdate=28 June 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 June 2011}}</ref> though some felt it was foolishness rather than dishonesty.<ref>{{cite news|last=Preston|first=Peter|title=Johann Hari's anonymous attackers have spun foolishness into dishonesty|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/03/johann-hari-quotes-honesty-foolish|accessdate=27 September 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=3 July 2011}}</ref> [[Simon Kelner]], then editor-in-chief of ''The Independent'', said on 28 June that the newspaper had not previously received any complaints about Johann Hari.<ref name=HariKelner>{{cite news|last=Sabbagh|first=Dan|title=Independent editor joins Johann Hari row on Twitter|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/28/johann-hari-defended-independent-editor|accessdate=28 June 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 June 2011}}</ref> In July 2011, Hari was suspended from ''The Independent'' for two months<ref>{{cite web|last=McAthy|first=Rachel|title=Orwell Prize Council begins investigation into Johann Hari&#124;Johann Hari suspended for two months pending investigation|url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/johann-hari-suspended-for-two-months-pending-investigation/s2/a545128/|work=http://www.journalism.co.uk|publisher=Mousetrap Media Ltd|accessdate=12 July 2011}}</ref> "pending investigation" by [[Andreas Whittam Smith]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Journalist suspended over plagiarism row|last=Deans|first=Jason|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/12/johann-hari-suspended-independent|date=13 July 2011|work=[[The Guardian]]|page=10|accessdate=13 July 2011}}</ref>


A small left-wing blog compared Hari's 2004 interview with [[Antonio Negri]]<ref name=HariNegri>{{cite news|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=Antonio Negri: The nostalgic revolutionary|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/antonio-negri-the-nostalgic-revolutionary-556885.html|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=17 August 2004}}</ref> with ''Negri on Negri''<ref>{{cite web|title=HARI KARI/HACKERY|url=http://deterritorialsupportgroup.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/hari-karihackery/|work=Deterritorial Support Group|publisher=DSG|accessdate=16 September 2011}}</ref>)
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On 29 June Johann Hari said that his use of unattributed quotes was only a clarification both on his blog<ref name=Harigate2>{{cite web|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=My response to yesterday's allegations|url=http://www.johannhari.com/2011/06/29/my-response-to-yesterdays-allegations|work=http://www.johannhari.com|publisher=Johann Hari|accessdate=29 June 2011}}</ref> and in ''The Independent''.<ref name=Harigate>{{cite news|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=Johann Hari: My journalism is at the centre of a storm. This is what I have learned|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-my-journalism-is-at-the-centre-of-a-storm-this-is-what-i-have-learned-2304199.html|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=29 June 2011}}</ref> On the same day, Brian Whelan posted again concerning an interview with [[Gareth Thomas (rugby player)|Gareth Thomas]] by Johann Hari,<ref name=HariThomas>{{cite news|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=Gareth Thomas on the joy of coming out|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gareth-thomas-on-the-joy-of-coming-out-1883659.html|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=30 January 2010}}</ref> published in ''The Independent'' on 30 January 2010, which lifted word-for-word a quotation first published in ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]'' in an interview with Gareth Thomas by [[Matthew Todd]]<ref name=HariWhelan2>{{cite web|last=Whelan|first=Brian|title=Time to come clean Johann Hari|url=http://brianwhelan.net/post/7039951732/time-to-come-clean-johann-hari|work=http://brianwhelan.net|accessdate=29 June 2011}}</ref> and requoted in other newspapers<ref name=HariWalesOnline>{{cite news|title=Alfie: Now I am looking for love|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2010/01/18/alfie-now-i-am-looking-for-love-91466-25625110/|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=South Wales Echo|date=18 January 2010}}</ref> before Hari's interview with Gareth Thomas was printed. On the same day [[Guy Walters]] posted in the ''[[New Statesman]]'' about an interview with [[Hugo Chávez]] by Johann Hari<ref name=HariChavez>{{cite news|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=An audience with Chavez, the man with the most powerful enemies in the world|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/an-audience-with-chavez-the-man-with-the-most-powerful-enemies-in-the-world-478403.html|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=16 May 2006}}</ref> published in ''The Independent'' in May 2006, which had also used material from earlier interviews with Chavez by other journalists.<ref name=HariWalters>{{cite news|last=Walters|first=Guy|title=Just before you accept Johann Hari's apology ....|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/guy-walters/2011/06/chavez-hari-interview-goodbye|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=New Statesman|date=29 June 2011}}</ref><ref name=HariSabbagh>{{cite news|last=Sabbagh|first=Dan|title=Johann Hari faces fresh plagiarism allegations|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/29/johann-hari-plagiarism-copying|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=29 June 2011}}</ref>


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Brian Whelan, editor of [[Yahoo!]] Ireland, analysed Hari's interview with [[Gideon Levy]].<ref name=HariWhelan>{{cite web|last=Whelan|first=Brian|title=Is Johann Hari a copy-pasting churnalist?|url=http://brianwhelan.net/post/6972324037/is-johann-hari-a-copy-pasting-churnalist|work=http://brianwhelan.net/|publisher=Brian Whelan|accessdate=29 June 2011}}</ref><ref name=HariLevy>{{cite news|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=Is Gideon Levy the most hated man in Israel or just the most heroic?|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/is-gideon-levy-the-most-hated-man-in-israel-or-just-the-most-heroic-2087909.html|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=24 September 2010}}</ref> Whelan also posted concerning an interview with [[Gareth Thomas (rugby player)|Gareth Thomas]] by Johann Hari,<ref name=HariThomas>{{cite news|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=Gareth Thomas on the joy of coming out|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gareth-thomas-on-the-joy-of-coming-out-1883659.html|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=30 January 2010}}</ref> published in ''The Independent'' on 30 January 2010, which lifted word-for-word a quotation first published in ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]'' in an interview with Gareth Thomas by [[Matthew Todd]]<ref name=HariWhelan2>{{cite web|last=Whelan|first=Brian|title=Time to come clean Johann Hari|url=http://brianwhelan.net/post/7039951732/time-to-come-clean-johann-hari|work=http://brianwhelan.net|accessdate=29 June 2011}}</ref> and requoted in other newspapers<ref name=HariWalesOnline>{{cite news|title=Alfie: Now I am looking for love|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2010/01/18/alfie-now-i-am-looking-for-love-91466-25625110/|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=South Wales Echo|date=18 January 2010}}</ref> before Hari's interview with Gareth Thomas was printed.
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On 1 July allegations<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/01/johann-hari-plagiarism-allegations] ''Guardian'', 1 July 2011</ref> were made of unattributed quotations used in an interview with [[Malalai Joya]]<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/malalai-joya-the-woman-who-will-not-be-silenced-1763127.html] ''Independent'', 28 July 2009</ref> published in ''The Independent'' in July 2009, and on 4 July, of recycled quotes from an earlier interview in the ''Daily Mail''<ref>''There are roses, foxhounds and schoolgirls in uniform'', Ann Leslie, Daily Mail, 12 August 1997</ref> in an interview<ref>{{cite web|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=Ann Leslie - Part One|url=http://www.johannhari.com/2004/03/01/ann-leslie-part-one|work=http://www.johannhari.com/|publisher=Johann Hari|accessdate=4 July 2011}}</ref> with the veteran journalist [[Ann Leslie]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Duns|first=Jeremy|title=How Johann Hari plagiarized the Daily Mail|url=http://jeremyduns.blogspot.com/2011/07/johann-hari-plagiarizes-daily-mail.html|work=http://jeremyduns.blogspot.com/|publisher=Jeremy Duns|accessdate=4 July 2011}}</ref>


[[Guy Walters]] posted in the ''[[New Statesman]]'' about an interview with [[Hugo Chávez]] by Johann Hari<ref name=HariChavez>{{cite news|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=An audience with Chavez, the man with the most powerful enemies in the world|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/an-audience-with-chavez-the-man-with-the-most-powerful-enemies-in-the-world-478403.html|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=16 May 2006}}</ref> published in ''The Independent'' in May 2006, which had also used material from earlier interviews with Chavez by other journalists.<ref name=HariWalters>{{cite news|last=Walters|first=Guy|title=Just before you accept Johann Hari's apology ....|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/guy-walters/2011/06/chavez-hari-interview-goodbye|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=New Statesman|date=29 June 2011}}</ref><ref name=HariSabbagh>{{cite news|last=Sabbagh|first=Dan|title=Johann Hari faces fresh plagiarism allegations|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/29/johann-hari-plagiarism-copying|accessdate=29 June 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=29 June 2011}}</ref>
On 12 July 2011, Hari was suspended from ''The Independent'' for two months<ref>{{cite web|last=McAthy|first=Rachel|title=Orwell Prize Council begins investigation into Johann Hari&#124;Johann Hari suspended for two months pending investigation|url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/johann-hari-suspended-for-two-months-pending-investigation/s2/a545128/|work=http://www.journalism.co.uk|publisher=Mousetrap Media Ltd|accessdate=12 July 2011}}</ref> "pending investigation" by [[Andreas Whittam Smith]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Journalist suspended over plagiarism row|last=Deans|first=Jason|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/12/johann-hari-suspended-independent|date=13 July 2011|work=[[The Guardian]]|page=10|accessdate=13 July 2011}}</ref>

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Other interviews with [[Malalai Joya]]<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/malalai-joya-the-woman-who-will-not-be-silenced-1763127.html] and with [[Ann Leslie]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Hari|first=Johann|title=Ann Leslie - Part One|url=http://www.johannhari.com/2004/03/01/ann-leslie-part-one|work=http://www.johannhari.com/|publisher=Johann Hari|accessdate=4 July 2011}}</ref> were also shown to have used misattributed quotations copied from earlier works<ref>{{cite news|last=Dowell|first=Ben|title=Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/01/johann-hari-plagiarism-allegations|accessdate=27 September 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 July 2011}}</ref> and other interviews<ref>{{cite web|last=Duns|first=Jeremy|title=How Johann Hari plagiarized the Daily Mail|url=http://jeremyduns.blogspot.com/2011/07/johann-hari-plagiarizes-daily-mail.html|work=http://jeremyduns.blogspot.com/|publisher=Jeremy Duns|accessdate=4 July 2011}}</ref>


===Orwell Prize withdrawal===
===Orwell Prize withdrawal===


In June 2011, the [[Media Standards Trust]] announced that they recognised the potential of allegations of plagiarism to damage the reputation of the [[Orwell Prize]],<ref name=HariMST>{{cite web|title=Media Standards Trust response to Johann Hari allegations|url=http://mediastandardstrust.org/mst-news/media-standards-trust-response-to-johann-hari-allegations/|work=http://mediastandardstrust.org|publisher=Media Standards Trust|accessdate=28 June 2011}}</ref> which Hari had been awarded in 2008, and instructed the Council of the Orwell Prize to take action<ref name=HariOrwell>{{cite web|last=Gunter|first=Joel|title=Orwell Prize Council begins investigation into Johann Hari|url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/orwell-prize-council-begins-investigation-into-johann-hari/s2/a544924/|work=http://www.journalism.co.uk|publisher=Mousetrap Media Ltd|accessdate=30 June 2011}}</ref> to examine the allegations. A month later the spokesman for the Council of the Orwell Prize announced that it had "arrived at a clear and unanimous decision" as to whether Hari would be allowed to retain the prize he had been awarded in 2008. Public announcement was delayed after the ''Independent'' had "requested that the council consider further representations by Johann Hari before announcing the decision".<ref name=pg>Andrew Pugh (25 July 2011) [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?c=1&sectioncode=1&storycode=47579 Announcement on Hari's Orwell Prize decision delayed], [[Press Gazette]]</ref> which could not be made while the ''Independent'' inquiry was ongoing.
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On 20 and 27 July 2011, both ''[[Private Eye]]'' and [[Damian Thompson]] in his blog at ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' accused Hari of inventing an atrocity for his Orwell Prize winning article on the [[Central African Republic]].<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100097915/johann-hari-invented-quotes-in-report-from-central-african-republic-says-charity-that-took-him-there/ Johann Hari 'invented quotes' in report from Central African Republic, says charity that took him there – Telegraph Blogs<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>Damian Thompson (27 July 2011) [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100098789/johann-hari-in-africa-the-crucial-emails/ Johann Hari in Africa: the crucial emails]</ref><ref>(Jul 27, 2011) [http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/07/27/johann_hari Johann Hari suddenly in much more trouble. The liberal UK journalist, accused of plagiarism, is now said to have invented a key part of an award-winning story], ''Salon''</ref>


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In July 2011, both ''[[Private Eye]]'' and [[Damian Thompson]] in his blog at ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' accused Hari of inventing an atrocity for his Orwell Prize winning article on the [[Central African Republic]].<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100097915/johann-hari-invented-quotes-in-report-from-central-african-republic-says-charity-that-took-him-there/ Johann Hari 'invented quotes' in report from Central African Republic, says charity that took him there – Telegraph Blogs<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>Damian Thompson (27 July 2011) [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100098789/johann-hari-in-africa-the-crucial-emails/ Johann Hari in Africa: the crucial emails]</ref><ref>(Jul 27, 2011) [http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/07/27/johann_hari Johann Hari suddenly in much more trouble. The liberal UK journalist, accused of plagiarism, is now said to have invented a key part of an award-winning story], ''Salon''</ref>
On 25 July 2011, a spokesman for the Council of the Orwell Prize announced that it had "arrived at a clear and unanimous decision" as to whether Hari would be allowed to retain the prize he had been awarded in 2008. Citing unnamed sources, ''The Telegraph'' reported that Hari would be stripped of his award.<ref>{{cite news|title=Johann Hari: George Orwell prize 'stripping' announcement delays amid plagiarism row |last=Hough |first=Andrew |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/8660473/Johann-Hari-George-Orwell-prize-stripping-announcement-delays-amid-plagiarism-row.html |date=26 July 2011|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|accessdate=26 July 2011}}</ref> Any public announcement was delayed after the ''Independent'' had "requested that the council consider further representations by Johann Hari before announcing the decision".<ref name=pg>Andrew Pugh (25 July 2011) [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?c=1&sectioncode=1&storycode=47579 Announcement on Hari's Orwell Prize decision delayed], [[Press Gazette]]</ref>


On 27 September 2011, the Council of the Orwell Prize confirmed that the Orwell Prize for Journalism 2008 would have been withdrawn had Hari not returned it, following a ruling by the Council on 21 July 2011 that "the substantial use of unattributed and unacknowledged material did not meet the standards expected of Orwell Prize-winning journalism".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Orwell Prize and Johann Hari|url=http://theorwellprize.co.uk/news/the-orwell-prize-and-johann-hari/|work=The Orwell Prize|publisher=Orwell Prize Council|accessdate=27 September 2011}}</ref> The council also disclosed that Hari had not returned the prize money he received of 2000 pounds.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Orwell Prize and Johann Hari|url=http://theorwellprize.co.uk/news/the-orwell-prize-and-johann-hari/|work=The Orwell Prize|publisher=Orwell Prize Council|accessdate=27 September 2011}}</ref>
In September 2011, Johann Hari announced that, though he stood by the articles which won the Orwell prize in 2008, he would be returning it as an act of contrition for the errors he had made elsewhere.<ref name="Hari149"/> The return of the plaque by courier was confirmed by the Council of the Orwell Prize{{cite web|title=Press Statement: The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2008|url=http://theorwellprize.co.uk/news/press-statement-the-orwell-prize-for-journalism-2008/|work=The Orwell Prize|accessdate=14 September 2011}}</ref>. Later the Council confirmed that the Orwell Prize would have been withdrawn had Hari not returned it, following a ruling by the Council on 21 July 2011 that "the substantial use of unattributed and unacknowledged material did not meet the standards expected of Orwell Prize-winning journalism".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Orwell Prize and Johann Hari|url=http://theorwellprize.co.uk/news/the-orwell-prize-and-johann-hari/|work=The Orwell Prize|publisher=Orwell Prize Council|accessdate=27 September 2011}}</ref> The council also disclosed that Hari had not returned the prize money he received of 2000 pounds.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Orwell Prize and Johann Hari|url=http://theorwellprize.co.uk/news/the-orwell-prize-and-johann-hari/|work=The Orwell Prize|publisher=Orwell Prize Council|accessdate=27 September 2011}}</ref>


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On 14 September, Hari admitted misconduct<ref name="Hari149">Johann Hari [http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-a-personal-apology-2354679.html "A personal apology",] ''The Independent'' (website), 14 September 2011</ref> and to using a pseudonym, David Rose,<ref>{{cite news|last=Green|first=David Allan|title=The tale of Mr Hari and Dr Rose|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-allen-green/2011/09/hari-rose-wikipedia-admitted|accessdate=16 September 2011|newspaper=New Statesman|date=15 September 2011}}</ref> to add positive material to the Wikipedia article about himself and negative material to Wikipedia articles about people he had disputes with. He announced that, though he stood by the articles which won the Orwell prize, he would be returning it as an act of contrition for the errors he had made elsewhere.<ref name="Hari149"/> Hari said he would take unpaid personal leave of absence until 2012 and seek training in journalistic ethics at his own expense.
On 14 September, Hari admitted misconduct<ref name="Hari149">Johann Hari [http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-a-personal-apology-2354679.html "A personal apology",] ''The Independent'' (website), 14 September 2011</ref> and to using a pseudonym, David Rose,<ref>{{cite news|last=Green|first=David Allan|title=The tale of Mr Hari and Dr Rose|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-allen-green/2011/09/hari-rose-wikipedia-admitted|accessdate=16 September 2011|newspaper=New Statesman|date=15 September 2011}}</ref> to add positive material to the Wikipedia article about himself and negative material to Wikipedia articles about people he had disputes with.<ref name="Hari149"/> Hari said he would take unpaid personal leave of absence until 2012 and seek training in journalistic ethics at his own expense.

Hari's return of the award was confirmed by a representative of the Orwell Prize.<ref name=HariOPw>{{cite web|title=Press Statement: The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2008|url=http://theorwellprize.co.uk/news/press-statement-the-orwell-prize-for-journalism-2008/|work=The Orwell Prize|accessdate=14 September 2011}}</ref> The Orwell Prize Council announced on 27 September that the prize money (£2000) had not been returned.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Orwell Prize and Johann Hari|url=http://theorwellprize.co.uk/news/the-orwell-prize-and-johann-hari/|work=The Orwell Prize|publisher=The Orwell Prize Council|accessdate=27 September 2011}}</ref>


''The Independent'' reported that "Johann Hari, the writer and columnist for ''The Independent'', has admitted plagiarism allegations and will attend a journalism training course before being allowed to rejoin the newspaper" but that the results of the investigation by Whittam Smith are not to be made public.<ref name="Milmo">Cahal Milmo [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/independent-columnist-apologises-for-plagiarism-2354706.html "Independent columnist apologises for plagiarism",] ''The Independent'', 14 September 2011</ref> The editor of ''The Independent'', [[Chris Blackhurst]], said: "We always pride ourselves on pursuing the highest ethical standards at The Independent. Regrettably, Johann fell below those in some aspects of his journalism. He has acknowledged his mistakes and made a full apology. There is no doubting his talent as a columnist and we are hoping to see him back in The Independent in the not too distant future.”<ref name="Milmo"/>
''The Independent'' reported that "Johann Hari, the writer and columnist for ''The Independent'', has admitted plagiarism allegations and will attend a journalism training course before being allowed to rejoin the newspaper" but that the results of the investigation by Whittam Smith are not to be made public.<ref name="Milmo">Cahal Milmo [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/independent-columnist-apologises-for-plagiarism-2354706.html "Independent columnist apologises for plagiarism",] ''The Independent'', 14 September 2011</ref> The editor of ''The Independent'', [[Chris Blackhurst]], said: "We always pride ourselves on pursuing the highest ethical standards at The Independent. Regrettably, Johann fell below those in some aspects of his journalism. He has acknowledged his mistakes and made a full apology. There is no doubting his talent as a columnist and we are hoping to see him back in The Independent in the not too distant future.”<ref name="Milmo"/>
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On 15 September, Cristina Odone, blogging for the ''Telegraph'', said she had received no direct apology from ''The Independent'' or from Hari himself for his malicious editing of her Wikipedia article, as neither had the other victims.<ref>Cristina Odone [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/cristinaodone/100105146/johann-hari-hounded-me-for-years-all-he-gets-is-four-months-unpaid-holiday-from-the-independent-but-the-truth-will-come-out/ "Johann Hari hounded me for years: all he gets is four months' unpaid holiday from the Independent. But the truth will come out",] ''Daily Telegraph'', 15 September 2011</ref>
After Hari's apology was published, Cristina Odone, blogging for the ''Telegraph'', said she had received no direct apology from ''The Independent'' or from Hari himself for his malicious editing of her Wikipedia article, as neither had the other victims.<ref>Cristina Odone [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/cristinaodone/100105146/johann-hari-hounded-me-for-years-all-he-gets-is-four-months-unpaid-holiday-from-the-independent-but-the-truth-will-come-out/ "Johann Hari hounded me for years: all he gets is four months' unpaid holiday from the Independent. But the truth will come out",] ''Daily Telegraph'', 15 September 2011</ref>


Hari's published apology attracted a withering critique from journalist [[Toby Young]], who accused Hari of being disingenuous, a "sanctimonious little prig" and of "galloping careerism", as well as criticising ''The Independent'' for failing to sack him.<ref>[[Toby Young]]: [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100105124/fisking-johann-haris-apology-in-todays-independent/#dsq-content "Fisking Johann Hari's 'apology' in today's ''Independent''"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', 19 September 2011.</ref> Simon Chivers, also in ''The Daily Telegraph'', called the apology "evasive",<ref name=" Chivers The Daily Telegraph">{{cite news
Hari's published apology attracted a withering critique from journalist [[Toby Young]], who accused Hari of being disingenuous, a "sanctimonious little prig" and of "galloping careerism", as well as criticising ''The Independent'' for failing to sack him.<ref>[[Toby Young]]: [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100105124/fisking-johann-haris-apology-in-todays-independent/#dsq-content "Fisking Johann Hari's 'apology' in today's ''Independent''"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', 19 September 2011.</ref> Simon Chivers, also in ''The Daily Telegraph'', called the apology "evasive",<ref name=" Chivers The Daily Telegraph">{{cite news

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Johann Hari
Johann Hari
Born (1979-01-21) 21 January 1979 (age 45)
Glasgow, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Alma materKing's College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Journalist and writer

Johann Hari (born 21 January 1979) is a British journalist and writer. He was a columnist for The Independent and the Huffington Post. His work also appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, The Nation, Le Monde, El Pais, the Sydney Morning Herald and Ha'aretz. He appeared regularly as an arts critic on the BBC Two programme the Review Show, and he was a book critic for Slate. Following accusations of plagiarism and using Wikipedia to make malicious attacks on others in 2011, Hari was suspended from the The Independent. He later apologized for his acts.

Early life

Hari was born in Glasgow and raised in London. Having attended fee-paying John Lyon School (affiliated to Harrow School) and Woodhouse College.[1] After studying at King's College, Cambridge, he graduated with a double first in Social and Political Sciences in 2001.[2]

Political and religious views

Hari has broadly progressive political views,[3] and is sympathetic to the environmental movement.[4] He also espouses republicanism and a number of classical liberal positions, such as drug legalisation[5] and gay rights.[6]

Hari supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq,[7] basing this not on the evidence for WMD[8] but on a visit to Iraq in December 2002[9] and the March 2003 Kenneth Joseph story.[10] In 2006 he declared that his support had been a "terrible mistake" and he "should have known all along Bush would produce a disaster."[11] He credited Noam Chomsky's condemnation of support for the Iraq war as having "helped me figure out where I had gone so badly wrong"[12] on Iraq. Both when he supported the Iraq war and after 2006 when he opposed it, Hari had several public disagreements with other public figures, such as George Galloway,[13] Harold Pinter,[14] and Nick Cohen.

Hari is a secularist and atheist.[15] In February 2009 an English-language Indian newspaper, The Statesman, republished an article by Hari,[16] critical of Islam and claiming the right to criticise any religion. The editor (Ravindra Kumar) and publisher (Anand Sinha) of The Statesman were subsequently briefly arrested when in Kolkata, and then released on bail on charges of outraging religious feelings.[17][18]

Hari opposed Pope Benedict XVI's 2010 state visit to the UK and spoke alongside Richard Dawkins at the major rally against him.[19][20]

Journalistic controversy

In June/July 2011 Hari was accused of plagiarism in his use of unattributed quotations in interviews, where he had reused previously published quotes in place of his interviewees' recorded answers. The Orwell Prize, which he had won in 2008, was withdrawn. He was shown to have been making misleading edits on Wikipedia under a pseudonym. Hari apologised for his actions. The apology was publicly criticised.

Plagiarism

Hari had interviewed many leading figures, including Martin Amis, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, William F. Buckley, David Cameron, Hugo Chavez, the Dalai Lama, Abu Hamza, Christopher Hitchens, David Irving, Malalai Joya, Ann Leslie, Gideon Levy, George Michael, Antonio Negri, Dolly Parton, Shimon Peres, Salman Rushdie, Gareth Thomas, and Gore Vidal. Initial discovery of Hari's plagiarism was made by blogs examining Hari's interviews and comparing them with past interviews by other journalists and past written works by the interview subjects. Hari was criticised for this in The Guardian[21], The Telegraph[22], and The Washington Post[23]

Initially Hari said on his blog[24] that he had taken material previously written by interviewees and presented it as part of the interview, but said that this was not plagiarism as he was not passing off someone else's thoughts as his own. Later Hari said that his use of unattributed quotes was only a clarification, both on his blog[25] and in The Independent.[26] This defence met with some criticism[27] though some felt it was foolishness rather than dishonesty.[28] Simon Kelner, then editor-in-chief of The Independent, said on 28 June that the newspaper had not previously received any complaints about Johann Hari.[29] In July 2011, Hari was suspended from The Independent for two months[30] "pending investigation" by Andreas Whittam Smith.[31]

A small left-wing blog compared Hari's 2004 interview with Antonio Negri[32] with Negri on Negri[33])

Brian Whelan, editor of Yahoo! Ireland, analysed Hari's interview with Gideon Levy.[34][35] Whelan also posted concerning an interview with Gareth Thomas by Johann Hari,[36] published in The Independent on 30 January 2010, which lifted word-for-word a quotation first published in Attitude in an interview with Gareth Thomas by Matthew Todd[37] and requoted in other newspapers[38] before Hari's interview with Gareth Thomas was printed.

Guy Walters posted in the New Statesman about an interview with Hugo Chávez by Johann Hari[39] published in The Independent in May 2006, which had also used material from earlier interviews with Chavez by other journalists.[40][41]

Other interviews with Malalai JoyaCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). were also shown to have used misattributed quotations copied from earlier works[42] and other interviews[43]

Orwell Prize withdrawal

In June 2011, the Media Standards Trust announced that they recognised the potential of allegations of plagiarism to damage the reputation of the Orwell Prize,[44] which Hari had been awarded in 2008, and instructed the Council of the Orwell Prize to take action[45] to examine the allegations. A month later the spokesman for the Council of the Orwell Prize announced that it had "arrived at a clear and unanimous decision" as to whether Hari would be allowed to retain the prize he had been awarded in 2008. Public announcement was delayed after the Independent had "requested that the council consider further representations by Johann Hari before announcing the decision".[46] which could not be made while the Independent inquiry was ongoing.

In July 2011, both Private Eye and Damian Thompson in his blog at The Telegraph accused Hari of inventing an atrocity for his Orwell Prize winning article on the Central African Republic.[47][48][49]

In September 2011, Johann Hari announced that, though he stood by the articles which won the Orwell prize in 2008, he would be returning it as an act of contrition for the errors he had made elsewhere.[50] The return of the plaque by courier was confirmed by the Council of the Orwell Prize"Press Statement: The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2008". The Orwell Prize. Retrieved 14 September 2011.</ref>. Later the Council confirmed that the Orwell Prize would have been withdrawn had Hari not returned it, following a ruling by the Council on 21 July 2011 that "the substantial use of unattributed and unacknowledged material did not meet the standards expected of Orwell Prize-winning journalism".[51] The council also disclosed that Hari had not returned the prize money he received of 2000 pounds.[52]

Wikipedia editing

On 9 July 2011 New Statesman legal correspondent David Allen Green wrote on his personal blog that in January 2005 a Wikipedia user had discovered that a Wikipedia editor, David Rose, using the sockpuppet account 'David r from meth productions' shared an IP address with The Independent newspaper.[53] On the same day Nick Cohen in The Spectator[54] wrote that he had been attacked on Wikipedia by David Rose following a dispute with Johann Hari, as had Cristina Odone in The Daily Telegraph on 11 July,[55] and Oliver Kamm,[when?] the Times leader writer. Cohen also wrote that Rose had edited Hari's Wikipedia entry "to make him seem one of the essential writers of our times".[54]

Apology

On 14 September, Hari admitted misconduct[50] and to using a pseudonym, David Rose,[56] to add positive material to the Wikipedia article about himself and negative material to Wikipedia articles about people he had disputes with.[50] Hari said he would take unpaid personal leave of absence until 2012 and seek training in journalistic ethics at his own expense.

The Independent reported that "Johann Hari, the writer and columnist for The Independent, has admitted plagiarism allegations and will attend a journalism training course before being allowed to rejoin the newspaper" but that the results of the investigation by Whittam Smith are not to be made public.[57] The editor of The Independent, Chris Blackhurst, said: "We always pride ourselves on pursuing the highest ethical standards at The Independent. Regrettably, Johann fell below those in some aspects of his journalism. He has acknowledged his mistakes and made a full apology. There is no doubting his talent as a columnist and we are hoping to see him back in The Independent in the not too distant future.”[57]

Criticism of apology

After Hari's apology was published, Cristina Odone, blogging for the Telegraph, said she had received no direct apology from The Independent or from Hari himself for his malicious editing of her Wikipedia article, as neither had the other victims.[58]

Hari's published apology attracted a withering critique from journalist Toby Young, who accused Hari of being disingenuous, a "sanctimonious little prig" and of "galloping careerism", as well as criticising The Independent for failing to sack him.[59] Simon Chivers, also in The Daily Telegraph, called the apology "evasive",[60] while Richard Seymour wrote in The Guardian, "As for Hari himself, any temptation I had to feel sorry for him evaporated when I read his self-serving apology. No one could feel more sorry for Hari than he does for himself, and he acknowledges none of the serious charges made against him, no matter how strong or irrefutable the evidence is".[61] David Allen Green in the New Statesman wrote: "the terms of the apology do not really approximate to what was actually done. Something very wrong happened, over a significant amount of time, involving a systemic exercise of malice and dishonesty".[62]

Awards

See also

References

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