I recently watched a movie called Shattered Glass. Its the true story of Steven Glass, a writer for The New Republic, a very prestigious political magazine. Steven was the subject of a scandal in 1998 when it was discovered that most of the writing he had done for the magazine was fabricated. A rising star, he wrote dozens of high profile articles for a number of national publications in which he made up some or all of the facts.
Stevens world came crashing down when publication of the article Hack Heaven was exposed as fabricated by Forbes magazine reporter Adam Penenberg. After creating a shell website, a fake voicemail account, and ficticious notes in order to fool fact checkers at the Republic, he was subsequently fired.
Recently, Steven has written a biographical novel called The Fabulist to give his individual spin and excuses for having fooled his employers, friends, and the public with his dream weaving. Hes done interviews with 60 minutes among others. Today, he continues to profit from his exploits.
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