The reason Stephen Glass gets no second chance is because the media needs this story. This was from an era when the media owned up to its mistakes. Now in the era of political correctness, the media pretends the errors and frauds never happened. So the media likes to relive this story over and over, to assure itself of what it wants to b…
The reason Stephen Glass gets no second chance is because the media needs this story. This was from an era when the media owned up to its mistakes. Now in the era of political correctness, the media pretends the errors and frauds never happened. So the media likes to relive this story over and over, to assure itself of what it wants to believe—that it will not tolerate lies and maintains high standards. Also, Stephen Glass is a white guy. The other notorious media fraud story of the era, Janet Cooke at the Washington Post, centers around a black woman. Are there any plays about Janet Cooke?
The reason Stephen Glass gets no second chance is because the media needs this story. This was from an era when the media owned up to its mistakes. Now in the era of political correctness, the media pretends the errors and frauds never happened. So the media likes to relive this story over and over, to assure itself of what it wants to believe—that it will not tolerate lies and maintains high standards. Also, Stephen Glass is a white guy. The other notorious media fraud story of the era, Janet Cooke at the Washington Post, centers around a black woman. Are there any plays about Janet Cooke?
Very insightful conclusion. As for the color aspect of this story, don’t forget the New York Times had Jason Blair, about 10-15 years ago.