Results tagged “stephenglass”

Gawker editor Choire Sicha writes on the scary US photo post, "In any event, that model boy better hope there aren't any squirrels lurking..." Like the squirrel on Choire's own site? And then there's this interesting post...

A.O. Scott sums up why everyone is so fascinated, especially himself, with The True Story of Stephen Glass, a.k.a Shattered Glass, in his Times review:

." And what about that "unique perspective" Blair could offer?

Okay, let's get this straight: Jayson Blair now has two big media gigs. One will be reviewing the movie based on the lying lie-y ways of fellow liar, Stephen Glass, for Esquire; Blair was hired for his "unique perspective" or some such PR blah blah to aptly accompany the loads of press this hiring would elicit. That's pretty meta, Gothamist must say. Brilliantly played, Granger, brilliantly played.

Daily News film critic Jake Matthews considers the possibility of a Jayson Blair movie. He thinks comedy is that way to go, perhaps as a "newsroom update of "Faust" might work, with Mephistopheles represented by (take your pick of Blair's excuses) deadline pressure, drugs, alcohol, undisciplined genius, institutional racism, asleep-at-the-wheel editors or - my favorite - the schizophrenic urge to kill the journalist so the man might live." Matthews also calls Stephen Glass' book, The Fabulist, a "theya culpa." Hee.

Ambition to Burn: Jayson Blair at The New York Times
The New York Times' mea culpa about disgraced reporter Jayson Blair fascinates Gothamist with all the questions it raises, about journalism, work ethics, youth, and race.