Lavin resigned from the New Yorker last year after falsely accusing a disabled war veteran of having a Nazi tattoo
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"I don't know why someone who had to quit their journalism job for falsely implying someone is a Nazi should be teaching at NYU. I know there are plenty of reporters out there in need of work who haven't made a mistake like that."