The true story of Stephen Glass, a fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his twenties, becoming a staff writer at The New Republic for three years. Looking for a shortcut to fame, Glass concocted sources, quotes, and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever, and his world eventually came crashing down around him.
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The true story of Stephen Glass, a fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his twenties, becoming a staff writer at The New Republic for three years. Looking for a shortcut to fame, Glass concocted sources, quotes, and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever, and his world eventually came crashing down around him.
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