1- Recently watcher the movie “Shattered Glass”, about reporter Stephen Glass & the numerous stories he literally made up for then prestigious “The New Republic” in the late 1990s.
It was a reminder that..(cont)
vanityfair.com/magazine/1998/…
It was a reminder that..(cont)
vanityfair.com/magazine/1998/…
2- … independent publisher “fact-checking” of stories often just means the final story matches the reporter’s raw notes.
If an enterprising reporter makes up notes or is being fed bs; welp, it’s considered fact-checked.
Glass did this for years before he was busted (cont).
If an enterprising reporter makes up notes or is being fed bs; welp, it’s considered fact-checked.
Glass did this for years before he was busted (cont).
3- And it wasn’t just “The New Republic”. From the linked article:
“..the compelling wunderkind who had seeped inside the skins of editors not only at The New Republic but also at Harper’s, George, Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, and Mother Jones.”
“..the compelling wunderkind who had seeped inside the skins of editors not only at The New Republic but also at Harper’s, George, Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, and Mother Jones.”
4- If a reporter could get away with this for years in the 1990s when journalism still had standards, imagine what they can get away with today. 🤔
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