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Is Johann Hari, the Independents twentysomething columnist, a twerp? Does he write twaddle? Since I brought Hari into journalism - I gave him his first job, on the NS - I rather hope not.

— Peter Wilby

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Hari left The Independent in 2012 after he was found to have fabricated content and plagiarized other writers.

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