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 [[Stephen Glass]] was considered a "rising star"<ref name=Leung>Rebecca Leung, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/07/60minutes/main552819.shtml "Stephen Glass: I Lied For Esteem: 60 Minutes: Steve Kroft's Exclusive Interview With Former Reporter"], 60 Minutes, 17 August 2003</ref> at TNR before it was revealed that he had made up quotations, organizations and in some cases entire articles while working there between 1995-1998. Glass was hired by then editor [[Andrew Sullivan]] but was supervised by Sullivan's replacement [[Charles Lane]] from 1996 onwards. In 1998 when Glass was reportedly earning $100,000, at least 27 of his 41 stories were revealed to contain fabrications.<ref name=vanity>Vanity Fair, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2007/10/postscript200710 "Shattered Glass], Vanity Fair, October 2007, accessed on 19 November 2010</ref> It was only after a Forbes reporter proved one of Glass's stories about a teenage hacker to be full of fabrications<ref>Adam L. Penenberg, [http://www.forbes.com/1998/05/11/otw.html "Forbes smokes out fake New Republic story on hackers"], Forbes, 11 April 1998</ref> that Lane decided to conduct his own investigation into Glass's work.<ref>Jack Shafer, [http://www.slate.com/id/2074/ "Glass Houses"], Slate, 15 May 1998</ref> Lane fired Glass on May 9, 1998. TNR's fact-checking standards were reportedly "tightened"<ref name=film>Washington Post, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23065-2003Nov10.html "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref>  after the incident. Lane served as a "paid consultant"<ref name=film>Washington Post, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23065-2003Nov10.html "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref> for a 2003 film based on the scandal called "Shattered Glass."
-Lane accepted responsibility for not catching Glass's flawed reporting sooner,<ref>Charlie Rose, [http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/4877  "A conversation with Charles Lane of "The New Republic""], Charlie Rose, 12 June 1998</ref> but was not reprimanded for the event. Shortly after the incident he stated that if Glass had been able to go on further he would have "destroyed the magazine.”<ref name=Buzz>Buzz Bissinger, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1998/09/bissinger199809?currentPage=all "Shattered Glass"], Vanity Fair, September 1998</ref>
+Lane accepted responsibility for not catching Glass's flawed reporting sooner<ref>Charlie Rose, [http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/4877  "A conversation with Charles Lane of "The New Republic""], Charlie Rose, 12 June 1998</ref> but was not reprimanded for the event. Shortly after the incident he stated that if Glass had been able to go on further he would have "destroyed the magazine.”<ref name=Buzz>Buzz Bissinger, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1998/09/bissinger199809?currentPage=all "Shattered Glass"], Vanity Fair, September 1998</ref>
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 ===Stephen Glass===
-[[Stephen Glass]] was considered a "rising star"<ref name=Leung>Rebecca Leung, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/07/60minutes/main552819.shtml "Stephen Glass: I Lied For Esteem: 60 Minutes: Steve Kroft's Exclusive Interview With Former Reporter"], 60 Minutes, 17 August 2003</ref> at TNR before it was revealed that he had made up quotations, organizations and in some cases entire articles while working there between 1995-1998. Glass was hired by then editor [[Andrew Sullivan]] but was supervised by Sullivan's replacement [[Charles Lane]] from 1996 onwards. In 1998 when Glass was reportedly earning $100,000, at least 27 of his 41 stories were revealed to contain fabrications.<ref name=vanity>Vanity Fair, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2007/10/postscript200710 "Shattered Glass], Vanity Fair, October 2007, accessed on 19 November 2010</ref>  While editors and other journalists had expressed suspicions about Glass's work before, it was only after a Forbes reporter proved one of Glass's stories about a teenage hacker to be full of fabrications<ref>Adam L. Penenberg, [http://www.forbes.com/1998/05/11/otw.html "Forbes smokes out fake New Republic story on hackers"], Forbes, 11 April 1998</ref> that Lane decided to conduct his own investigation into Glass's work.<ref>Jack Shafer, [http://www.slate.com/id/2074/ "Glass Houses"], Slate, 15 May 1998</ref> Lane fired Glass on May 9, 1998. TNR's fact-checking standards were reportedly "tightened"<ref name=film>Washington Post, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23065-2003Nov10.html "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref>  after the incident. Lane served as a "paid consultant"<ref name=film>Washington Post, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23065-2003Nov10.html "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref> for a 2003 film based on the scandal called "Shattered Glass."
+[[Stephen Glass]] was considered a "rising star"<ref name=Leung>Rebecca Leung, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/07/60minutes/main552819.shtml "Stephen Glass: I Lied For Esteem: 60 Minutes: Steve Kroft's Exclusive Interview With Former Reporter"], 60 Minutes, 17 August 2003</ref> at TNR before it was revealed that he had made up quotations, organizations and in some cases entire articles while working there between 1995-1998. Glass was hired by then editor [[Andrew Sullivan]] but was supervised by Sullivan's replacement [[Charles Lane]] from 1996 onwards. In 1998 when Glass was reportedly earning $100,000, at least 27 of his 41 stories were revealed to contain fabrications.<ref name=vanity>Vanity Fair, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2007/10/postscript200710 "Shattered Glass], Vanity Fair, October 2007, accessed on 19 November 2010</ref> It was only after a Forbes reporter proved one of Glass's stories about a teenage hacker to be full of fabrications<ref>Adam L. Penenberg, [http://www.forbes.com/1998/05/11/otw.html "Forbes smokes out fake New Republic story on hackers"], Forbes, 11 April 1998</ref> that Lane decided to conduct his own investigation into Glass's work.<ref>Jack Shafer, [http://www.slate.com/id/2074/ "Glass Houses"], Slate, 15 May 1998</ref> Lane fired Glass on May 9, 1998. TNR's fact-checking standards were reportedly "tightened"<ref name=film>Washington Post, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23065-2003Nov10.html "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref>  after the incident. Lane served as a "paid consultant"<ref name=film>Washington Post, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23065-2003Nov10.html "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref> for a 2003 film based on the scandal called "Shattered Glass."
 Lane accepted responsibility for not catching Glass's flawed reporting sooner,<ref>Charlie Rose, [http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/4877  "A conversation with Charles Lane of "The New Republic""], Charlie Rose, 12 June 1998</ref> but was not reprimanded for the event. Shortly after the incident he stated that if Glass had been able to go on further he would have "destroyed the magazine.”<ref name=Buzz>Buzz Bissinger, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1998/09/bissinger199809?currentPage=all "Shattered Glass"], Vanity Fair, September 1998</ref>

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 ===Stephen Glass===
-[[Stephen Glass]] was considered a "rising star"<ref name=Leung>Rebecca Leung, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/07/60minutes/main552819.shtml "Stephen Glass: I Lied For Esteem: 60 Minutes: Steve Kroft's Exclusive Interview With Former Reporter"], 60 Minutes, 17 August 2003</ref> at TNR before it was revealed that he had made up quotations, organizations and in some cases entire articles while working there between 1995-1998. Glass was hired by then editor [[Andrew Sullivan]] but was supervised by Sullivan's replacement [[Charles Lane]] from 1996 onwards. In 1998 when Glass was reportedly earning $100,000, at least 27 of his 41 stories were revealed to contain fabrications.<ref name=vanity>Vanity Fair, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2007/10/postscript200710 "Shattered Glass], Vanity Fair, October 2007, accessed on 19 November 2010</ref>  While editors and other journalists had expressed suspicions about Glass's work before, it was only after a Forbes reporter proved one of Glass's stories about a teenage hacker to be full of fabrications<ref>Adam L. Penenberg, [http://www.forbes.com/1998/05/11/otw.html "Forbes smokes out fake New Republic story on hackers"], Forbes, 11 April 1998</ref> that Lane decided to conduct his own investigation into Glass's work.<ref>Jack Shafer, [http://www.slate.com/id/2074/ "Glass Houses"], Slate, 15 May 1998</ref> Lane fired Glass on May 9, 1998. TNR's fact-checking standards were reportedly "tightened"<ref name=film>Washington Post, [ "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref>  after the incident. Lane served as a "paid consultant"<ref name=film>Washington Post, [ "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref> for a 2003 film based on the scandal called "Shattered Glass."
+[[Stephen Glass]] was considered a "rising star"<ref name=Leung>Rebecca Leung, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/07/60minutes/main552819.shtml "Stephen Glass: I Lied For Esteem: 60 Minutes: Steve Kroft's Exclusive Interview With Former Reporter"], 60 Minutes, 17 August 2003</ref> at TNR before it was revealed that he had made up quotations, organizations and in some cases entire articles while working there between 1995-1998. Glass was hired by then editor [[Andrew Sullivan]] but was supervised by Sullivan's replacement [[Charles Lane]] from 1996 onwards. In 1998 when Glass was reportedly earning $100,000, at least 27 of his 41 stories were revealed to contain fabrications.<ref name=vanity>Vanity Fair, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2007/10/postscript200710 "Shattered Glass], Vanity Fair, October 2007, accessed on 19 November 2010</ref>  While editors and other journalists had expressed suspicions about Glass's work before, it was only after a Forbes reporter proved one of Glass's stories about a teenage hacker to be full of fabrications<ref>Adam L. Penenberg, [http://www.forbes.com/1998/05/11/otw.html "Forbes smokes out fake New Republic story on hackers"], Forbes, 11 April 1998</ref> that Lane decided to conduct his own investigation into Glass's work.<ref>Jack Shafer, [http://www.slate.com/id/2074/ "Glass Houses"], Slate, 15 May 1998</ref> Lane fired Glass on May 9, 1998. TNR's fact-checking standards were reportedly "tightened"<ref name=film>Washington Post, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23065-2003Nov10.html "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref>  after the incident. Lane served as a "paid consultant"<ref name=film>Washington Post, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23065-2003Nov10.html "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref> for a 2003 film based on the scandal called "Shattered Glass."
 Lane accepted responsibility for not catching Glass's flawed reporting sooner,<ref>Charlie Rose, [http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/4877  "A conversation with Charles Lane of "The New Republic""], Charlie Rose, 12 June 1998</ref> but was not reprimanded for the event. Shortly after the incident he stated that if Glass had been able to go on further he would have "destroyed the magazine.”<ref name=Buzz>Buzz Bissinger, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1998/09/bissinger199809?currentPage=all "Shattered Glass"], Vanity Fair, September 1998</ref>

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 [[Stephen Glass]] was considered a "rising star"<ref name=Leung>Rebecca Leung, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/07/60minutes/main552819.shtml "Stephen Glass: I Lied For Esteem: 60 Minutes: Steve Kroft's Exclusive Interview With Former Reporter"], 60 Minutes, 17 August 2003</ref> at TNR before it was revealed that he had made up quotations, organizations and in some cases entire articles while working there between 1995-1998. Glass was hired by then editor [[Andrew Sullivan]] but was supervised by Sullivan's replacement [[Charles Lane]] from 1996 onwards. In 1998 when Glass was reportedly earning $100,000, at least 27 of his 41 stories were revealed to contain fabrications.<ref name=vanity>Vanity Fair, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2007/10/postscript200710 "Shattered Glass], Vanity Fair, October 2007, accessed on 19 November 2010</ref>  While editors and other journalists had expressed suspicions about Glass's work before, it was only after a Forbes reporter proved one of Glass's stories about a teenage hacker to be full of fabrications<ref>Adam L. Penenberg, [http://www.forbes.com/1998/05/11/otw.html "Forbes smokes out fake New Republic story on hackers"], Forbes, 11 April 1998</ref> that Lane decided to conduct his own investigation into Glass's work.<ref>Jack Shafer, [http://www.slate.com/id/2074/ "Glass Houses"], Slate, 15 May 1998</ref> Lane fired Glass on May 9, 1998. TNR's fact-checking standards were reportedly "tightened"<ref name=film>Washington Post, [ "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref>  after the incident. Lane served as a "paid consultant"<ref name=film>Washington Post, [ "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref> for a 2003 film based on the scandal called "Shattered Glass."
-Lane stated that if Glass had been able to go on further he would have "destroyed the magazine.”
+Lane accepted responsibility for not catching Glass's flawed reporting sooner,<ref>Charlie Rose, [http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/4877  "A conversation with Charles Lane of "The New Republic""], Charlie Rose, 12 June 1998</ref> but was not reprimanded for the event. Shortly after the incident he stated that if Glass had been able to go on further he would have "destroyed the magazine.”<ref name=Buzz>Buzz Bissinger, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1998/09/bissinger199809?currentPage=all "Shattered Glass"], Vanity Fair, September 1998</ref>
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 [[Stephen Glass]] was considered a "rising star"<ref name=Leung>Rebecca Leung, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/07/60minutes/main552819.shtml "Stephen Glass: I Lied For Esteem: 60 Minutes: Steve Kroft's Exclusive Interview With Former Reporter"], 60 Minutes, 17 August 2003</ref> at TNR before it was revealed that he had made up quotations, organizations and in some cases entire articles while working there between 1995-1998. Glass was hired by then editor [[Andrew Sullivan]] but was supervised by Sullivan's replacement [[Charles Lane]] from 1996 onwards. In 1998 when Glass was reportedly earning $100,000, at least 27 of his 41 stories were revealed to contain fabrications.<ref name=vanity>Vanity Fair, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2007/10/postscript200710 "Shattered Glass], Vanity Fair, October 2007, accessed on 19 November 2010</ref>  While editors and other journalists had expressed suspicions about Glass's work before, it was only after a Forbes reporter proved one of Glass's stories about a teenage hacker to be full of fabrications<ref>Adam L. Penenberg, [http://www.forbes.com/1998/05/11/otw.html "Forbes smokes out fake New Republic story on hackers"], Forbes, 11 April 1998</ref> that Lane decided to conduct his own investigation into Glass's work.<ref>Jack Shafer, [http://www.slate.com/id/2074/ "Glass Houses"], Slate, 15 May 1998</ref> Lane fired Glass on May 9, 1998. TNR's fact-checking standards were reportedly "tightened"<ref name=film>Washington Post, [ "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref>  after the incident. Lane served as a "paid consultant"<ref name=film>Washington Post, [ "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref> for a 2003 film based on the scandal called "Shattered Glass."
-Glass's actions have been described as the "as the most sustained fraud in modern journalism."<ref name=Buzz>Buzz Bissinger, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1998/09/bissinger199809?currentPage=all "Shattered Glass"], Vanity Fair, September 1998</ref> In a ''60 Minutes'' interview Glass said he "lied for esteem" and has been doing so all his life:
+Lane stated that if Glass had been able to go on further he would have "destroyed the magazine.”
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 :My life was one very long process of lying and lying again, to figure out how to cover those other lies,” says Glass...Like a stock graph, there's going to be exceptions in this. But the general trend of the stories is that they started out with a few made up details and quotes. And granted a few too many, of course. But a few. And then they progressed into stories that were completely fabricated. Just completely made up out of whole cloth.<ref name=Leung>Rebecca Leung, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/07/60minutes/main552819.shtml "Stephen Glass: I Lied For Esteem: 60 Minutes: Steve Kroft's Exclusive Interview With Former Reporter"], 60 Minutes, 17 August 2003</ref>
-Glass moved on to graduate from Georgetown Law School (he had enrolled while working at TNR) and wrote a novel based on his experiences called ''The Fabulist.'' In 2003 ''Rolling Stone'' published an article by Glass about marijuana in Canada. This decision was greeted by surprise since a previous article Glass had done for them had resulted in a $50 million lawsuit. The event was considered a "publicity stunt."<ref>Laura Sullivan, [http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/node/39621 "Stephen Glass returns to reporting at 'Rolling Stone'"], Daily Pennsylvanian, 24 July 2003</ref>
+Glass moved on to graduate from Georgetown Law School (he had enrolled while working at TNR) and wrote a novel based on his experiences called ''The Fabulist.'' In 2003 ''Rolling Stone'' published an article by Glass about marijuana in Canada. This decision was greeted by surprise since a previous article Glass had done for them had resulted in a $50 million lawsuit. The event was considered a "publicity stunt."<ref>Laura Sullivan, [http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/node/39621 "Stephen Glass returns to reporting at 'Rolling Stone'"], Daily Pennsylvanian, 24 July 2003</ref> As of 2007 Glass was reportedly living in Los Angeles and touring with a comedy group.<ref name=vanity>Vanity Fair, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2007/10/postscript200710 "Shattered Glass], Vanity Fair, October 2007, accessed on 19 November 2010</ref>
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 ===Stephen Glass===
-[[Stephen Glass]] was considered a "rising star"<ref name=Leung>Rebecca Leung, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/07/60minutes/main552819.shtml "Stephen Glass: I Lied For Esteem: 60 Minutes: Steve Kroft's Exclusive Interview With Former Reporter"], 60 Minutes, 17 August 2003</ref> at TNR before it was revealed that he had made up quotations, organizations and in some cases entire articles while working there under the supervision of then editor [[Charles Lane]] between 1995-1998. In 1998 when Glass was reportedly earning $100,000, at least 27 of his 41 stories were revealed to contain fabrications.<ref name=vanity>Vanity Fair, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2007/10/postscript200710 "Shattered Glass], Vanity Fair, October 2007, accessed on 19 November 2010</ref>  While editors and other journalists had expressed suspicions about Glass's work before, it was only after a Forbes reporter proved one of Glass's stories about a teenage to be full of fabrications<ref>Adam L. Penenberg, [http://www.forbes.com/1998/05/11/otw.html "Forbes smokes out fake New Republic story on hackers"], Forbes, 11 April 1998</ref> that Lane decided to conduct his own investigation into Glass's work.<ref>Jack Shafer, [http://www.slate.com/id/2074/ "Glass Houses"], Slate, 15 May 1998</ref>
+[[Stephen Glass]] was considered a "rising star"<ref name=Leung>Rebecca Leung, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/07/60minutes/main552819.shtml "Stephen Glass: I Lied For Esteem: 60 Minutes: Steve Kroft's Exclusive Interview With Former Reporter"], 60 Minutes, 17 August 2003</ref> at TNR before it was revealed that he had made up quotations, organizations and in some cases entire articles while working there under the supervision of then editor [[Charles Lane]] between 1995-1998. In 1998 when Glass was reportedly earning $100,000, at least 27 of his 41 stories were revealed to contain fabrications.<ref name=vanity>Vanity Fair, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2007/10/postscript200710 "Shattered Glass], Vanity Fair, October 2007, accessed on 19 November 2010</ref>  While editors and other journalists had expressed suspicions about Glass's work before, it was only after a Forbes reporter proved one of Glass's stories about a teenage hacker to be full of fabrications<ref>Adam L. Penenberg, [http://www.forbes.com/1998/05/11/otw.html "Forbes smokes out fake New Republic story on hackers"], Forbes, 11 April 1998</ref> that Lane decided to conduct his own investigation into Glass's work.<ref>Jack Shafer, [http://www.slate.com/id/2074/ "Glass Houses"], Slate, 15 May 1998</ref> Lane fired Glass on May 9 1998. TNR's fact-checking standards were reportedly "tightened" after the incident. Lane served as a "paid consultant"<ref>Washington Post, [ "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript"], Washington Post, 12 November 2003</ref> for a 2003 film based on the scandal called "Shattered Glass."
 Glass's actions have been described as the "as the most sustained fraud in modern journalism."<ref name=Buzz>Buzz Bissinger, [http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1998/09/bissinger199809?currentPage=all "Shattered Glass"], Vanity Fair, September 1998</ref> In a 60 Minutes interview Glass said he "lied for esteem" and has been doing so all his life: