Stephen Glass was a young writer whose misinformation and fabrications, although found humorous by his co-workers, swayed the public opinion and effected many lives; including his. Like many profess...
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Once there was a headstrong young journalist who thought he could outsmart anyone as if he was flawless. Society saw him as an epic journalist, a rising young storyteller, and most of all an influenti...
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Kaavya-gate. That of course is their prerogative. Heck, they're college students. But the Times, after first imbibing the Kaavya story hook, line and stinker, is now chasing the bloggers. The Times...
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"We care a lot about our journalistic reputation and integrity, and when people raise questions, I think we have to do everything in our power to make sure we get it right,” said New Republic...
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A magazine gets a hot story straight from a soldier in Iraq and publishes his writing, complete with gory details, under a pseudonym. The stories are chilling: An Iraqi boy befriends American troop...
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At 5:15 on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 29, James Frey informed his fans, in strikingly confident terms, that he had finished his first novel. “Done,” he wrote on his blog. “...
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It started with a late-night e-mail from a friend and fellow journalist: “Have you seen this?” I clicked on the link and got an article on what has become the latest scandal to send the...
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It started with a late-night e-mail from a friend and fellow journalist: “Have you seen this?” I clicked on the link and got an article on what has become the latest scandal to send the...
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Zack Snyder’s 300, from a screenplay by Mr. Snyder, Kurt Johnstad and Michael B. Gordon, based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, set a first-week box-office record for 200...
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Last Tuesday, April 26, a disgraced former New York Times Magazine writer named Michael Finkel was doing his best Sebastian Junger imitation, chopping wood on his 51-acre property just outside of B...
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If there were any justice in the movies, we still wouldn’t have to make the case for Louis Malle as a great filmmaker instead of one who was merely provocative. It’s ironic that perhaps...
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Liar Liar
Kaavyagate, the Prequel, the Sequel & the Miniseries
