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:''For the Scottish football (soccer) player, see Stephen Glass (footballer)'
'Stephen Glass' (born 1972) was an American reporter for ''The New Republic'' who was fired for fabricating articles, quotes, sources and events.
The story of Glass's downfall is told in the 2003 film ''Shattered Glass''.
Glass went to the University of Pennsylvania, where he was editor of ''The Daily Pennsylvanian'', the university's student newspaper. He later obtained a law degree magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center.
Following his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, he rose quickly to national prominence in the competitive world of political journalism, writing articles for ''The New Republic'' when he was only 23 years old.
Glass was fired from ''TNR'' in May 1998, at the age of 25, after it was discovered that he had committed numerous cases of journalistic fraud. The story that triggered these events appeared in the May 181998 issue. It was called "Hack Heaven", and concerned a supposed 15-year-old computer hacker, who was purportedly hired to work for a large company as an information security consultant after breaking into their computer system and exposing its weaknesses. Like several of Stephen Glass's previous stories, "Hack Heaven" depicted events that were almost cinematic in their vividness and that were told from a first-person perspective implying Glass was there as the action took place. The article opened as follows:
:''Ian Restil, a 15-year-old computer hacker who looks like an even more adolescent version of Bill Gates, is throwing a tantrum. "I want more money. I want a Miata. I want a trip to Disney World. I want X-Man comic [book] number one. I want a lifetime subscription to Playboy, and throw in Penthouse. Show me the money! Show me the money!"...''
:''Across the table, executives from a California software firm called Jukt Micronics are listening – and trying ever so delicately to oblige. "Excuse me, sir," one of the suits says, tentatively, to the pimply teenager. "Excuse me. Pardon me for interrupting you, sir. We can arrange more money for you ..."''
Soon after the publication of "Hack Heaven," ''Forbes''.com reporter Adam Penenberg presented evidence to ''The New Republic'' that the story was fabricated and that the company depicted in it did not exist. An internal review by ''TNR'' confirmed this, and found that Glass had created a shell website and voice mail account for the company in order to deceive ''TNR''' s fact checkers. Some commentators of the scandal considered it to be a great coming-of-age achievement for online journalism.[1]
''TNR'' subsequently determined that at least 27 of 41 stories written by Glass for the magazine contained fabricated material. Of the remaining 14, former ''TNR'' executive editor Charles Lane said, "In fact, I'd bet lots of the stuff in those other fourteen is fake, too. ... It's not like we're vouching for those fourteen, that they're true. They're probably not, either."[2] Three other magazines, ''Rolling Stone'', ''George'' and ''Harper's'', to which Glass contributed also reviewed his work. ''Rolling Stone'' and ''Harper's'' found the material generally accurate but had no way of verifying information from Glass' anonymous sources. ''George'' discovered Glass fabricated quotes in a profile piece and apologized to the article's subject, Vernon Jordan, a Clinton advisor.
A movie presenting a stylized view of Glass's rise and fall, titled ''Shattered Glass'', was released in 2003. The screenplay aimed to portray both the high-pressure world of national political journalism and the inside workings of a national political magazine. Hayden Christensen starred as Glass.
Stephen Glass completed his law degree at Georgetown University Law Center after being fired by ''TNR,'' and passed the written portion of the New York state bar exam, but has not yet been admitted to the bar. In 2003, he began appearing on television to promote his "biographical novel" ''The Fabulist''. "I wanted them to think I was a good journalist, a good person. I wanted them to love the story so they would love me", he told Steve Kroft of ''60 Minutes'' in an interview, which was included as a special feature for the DVD edition of ''Shattered Glass''. Also in 2003, Glass briefly returned to journalism, writing an article about Canadian marijuana laws for ''Rolling Stone''.[3]
Glass lives in Los Angeles. As of 2007, he was working as a paralegal as well as performing with a Los Angeles comedy troupe.[4]
Jayson Blair
Janet Cooke
★ Glass, Stephen. ''The Fabulist'' (2003). ISBN 0-7432-2712-3
★ Bissinger, Buzz. "Shattered Glass." ''Vanity Fair'' (1998).
★ Very few of the articles that Glass wrote for ''The New Republic'' are still available online. Below are links to some of those articles which Glass is suspected of fabricating in part or in whole:
#“Mrs. Colehill Thanks God For Private Social Security”, June 1997, for ''Policy Review'' magazine. PDF format.
# “Probable Claus”, published January 6 & 13, 1997
# “Don't You D.A.R.E.”, published March 3, 1997
# “Writing on the Wall”, published March 24, 1997
#“The Young and the Feckless”, published Sept. 15, 1997
# “Washington Scene: Hack Heaven”, published May 18, 1998
★ ''The New Republic'' statement on the Glass scandal, June 1998 (Archive.org copy).
★ Stephen Glass archive at forbes.com (includes Adam Penenberg's 11 May 1998 article, "Lies, damn lies and fiction")
★ Salon.com: Hacker heaven, editors' hell
★ Stephen Glass: I Lied For Esteem - Interview on CBS News' 60 Minutes
★ "Remembrance of Things Passed: How my friend Stephen Glass got away with it, by Jonathan Chait
★ "Disgraced Author Seeks Faith" and "Journalistic Fake-Out Before Blair" at ''The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles''
★ 1999 Glass letter admitting fabrications in TNR article "Don't You D.A.R.E."
★ NPR audio interview with Charles Lane about Glass
★ "Through a Glass Darkly", ''The Pennsylvania Gazette''
★ A Tissue of Lies: The Stephen R. Glass Index - Complete index of Glass articles, with known fabrications marked.
A screenshot of the webpage that Glass had created to try to prove his claim that Jukt Micronics existed.
'Stephen Glass' (born 1972) was an American reporter for ''The New Republic'' who was fired for fabricating articles, quotes, sources and events.
The story of Glass's downfall is told in the 2003 film ''Shattered Glass''.
| Contents |
| Early years |
| ''New Republic'' scandal |
| ''Shattered Glass'' |
| Recent career |
| See also |
| Further reading |
| External links |
Early years
Glass went to the University of Pennsylvania, where he was editor of ''The Daily Pennsylvanian'', the university's student newspaper. He later obtained a law degree magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center.
Following his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, he rose quickly to national prominence in the competitive world of political journalism, writing articles for ''The New Republic'' when he was only 23 years old.
''New Republic'' scandal
Glass was fired from ''TNR'' in May 1998, at the age of 25, after it was discovered that he had committed numerous cases of journalistic fraud. The story that triggered these events appeared in the May 181998 issue. It was called "Hack Heaven", and concerned a supposed 15-year-old computer hacker, who was purportedly hired to work for a large company as an information security consultant after breaking into their computer system and exposing its weaknesses. Like several of Stephen Glass's previous stories, "Hack Heaven" depicted events that were almost cinematic in their vividness and that were told from a first-person perspective implying Glass was there as the action took place. The article opened as follows:
:''Ian Restil, a 15-year-old computer hacker who looks like an even more adolescent version of Bill Gates, is throwing a tantrum. "I want more money. I want a Miata. I want a trip to Disney World. I want X-Man comic [book] number one. I want a lifetime subscription to Playboy, and throw in Penthouse. Show me the money! Show me the money!"...''
:''Across the table, executives from a California software firm called Jukt Micronics are listening – and trying ever so delicately to oblige. "Excuse me, sir," one of the suits says, tentatively, to the pimply teenager. "Excuse me. Pardon me for interrupting you, sir. We can arrange more money for you ..."''
Soon after the publication of "Hack Heaven," ''Forbes''.com reporter Adam Penenberg presented evidence to ''The New Republic'' that the story was fabricated and that the company depicted in it did not exist. An internal review by ''TNR'' confirmed this, and found that Glass had created a shell website and voice mail account for the company in order to deceive ''TNR''
''TNR'' subsequently determined that at least 27 of 41 stories written by Glass for the magazine contained fabricated material. Of the remaining 14, former ''TNR'' executive editor Charles Lane said, "In fact, I'd bet lots of the stuff in those other fourteen is fake, too. ... It's not like we're vouching for those fourteen, that they're true. They're probably not, either."[2] Three other magazines, ''Rolling Stone'', ''George'' and ''Harper's'', to which Glass contributed also reviewed his work. ''Rolling Stone'' and ''Harper's'' found the material generally accurate but had no way of verifying information from Glass' anonymous sources. ''George'' discovered Glass fabricated quotes in a profile piece and apologized to the article's subject, Vernon Jordan, a Clinton advisor.
''Shattered Glass''
A movie presenting a stylized view of Glass's rise and fall, titled ''Shattered Glass'', was released in 2003. The screenplay aimed to portray both the high-pressure world of national political journalism and the inside workings of a national political magazine. Hayden Christensen starred as Glass.
Recent career
Stephen Glass completed his law degree at Georgetown University Law Center after being fired by ''TNR,'' and passed the written portion of the New York state bar exam, but has not yet been admitted to the bar. In 2003, he began appearing on television to promote his "biographical novel" ''The Fabulist''. "I wanted them to think I was a good journalist, a good person. I wanted them to love the story so they would love me", he told Steve Kroft of ''60 Minutes'' in an interview, which was included as a special feature for the DVD edition of ''Shattered Glass''. Also in 2003, Glass briefly returned to journalism, writing an article about Canadian marijuana laws for ''Rolling Stone''.[3]
Glass lives in Los Angeles. As of 2007, he was working as a paralegal as well as performing with a Los Angeles comedy troupe.[4]
See also
Jayson Blair
Janet Cooke
Further reading
★ Glass, Stephen. ''The Fabulist'' (2003). ISBN 0-7432-2712-3
★ Bissinger, Buzz. "Shattered Glass." ''Vanity Fair'' (1998).
★ Very few of the articles that Glass wrote for ''The New Republic'' are still available online. Below are links to some of those articles which Glass is suspected of fabricating in part or in whole:
#“Mrs. Colehill Thanks God For Private Social Security”, June 1997, for ''Policy Review'' magazine. PDF format.
# “Probable Claus”, published January 6 & 13, 1997
# “Don't You D.A.R.E.”, published March 3, 1997
# “Writing on the Wall”, published March 24, 1997
#“The Young and the Feckless”, published Sept. 15, 1997
# “Washington Scene: Hack Heaven”, published May 18, 1998
External links
★ ''The New Republic'' statement on the Glass scandal, June 1998 (Archive.org copy).
★ Stephen Glass archive at forbes.com (includes Adam Penenberg's 11 May 1998 article, "Lies, damn lies and fiction")
★ Salon.com: Hacker heaven, editors' hell
★ Stephen Glass: I Lied For Esteem - Interview on CBS News' 60 Minutes
★ "Remembrance of Things Passed: How my friend Stephen Glass got away with it, by Jonathan Chait
★ "Disgraced Author Seeks Faith" and "Journalistic Fake-Out Before Blair" at ''The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles''
★ 1999 Glass letter admitting fabrications in TNR article "Don't You D.A.R.E."
★ NPR audio interview with Charles Lane about Glass
★ "Through a Glass Darkly", ''The Pennsylvania Gazette''
★ A Tissue of Lies: The Stephen R. Glass Index - Complete index of Glass articles, with known fabrications marked.
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