Bobby Taggart December 10‚ 2012 Tracy Crow Journalism Shattered Glass Response The movie “Shattered Glass” is about a journalist who writes for the New Republic Newspaper‚ who later gets caught for fabricating 27 of his stories. The journalists name is Stephen Glass. Glass was 24 when started working writing and reporting for the New Republic. The New Republic is a well-known newspaper located in Washington D.C. Glass has had a reputation for having the most vivid stories. Glass’s first
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Does it mean that black parents are very negligent? Or the fact that they are very poor? This reading tells us about a book by Dorothy Roberts titled Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare. This book tells us that poverty is the leading cause of children being put in foster care. We see that poverty led to women losing their children as a result of lack of healthcare‚ inadequate housing and an inability
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The film Shattered Glass by Billy Ray depicts a true story about how a young journalist wrote and published fake stories to The New Republic‚ the magazine that he worked for‚ until he got caught. The movie reflects on the do’s and dont’s that a journalist should always follow in order to maintain his/her reputation as an honest and accurate journalist as that is not only the right thing to do but it is one’s duty as a journalist. Stephen Glass‚ the name of the character of the protaganist is
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The film Shattered Glass directed by Billy Ray was an intriguing film for today’s world as it shows that the events in Shattered Glass play a big role in today’s world on how it relates to fake news as a potential marketing tool‚ political tool‚ or bureaucratic tool. In the film Shattered Glass Stephen Glass‚ was an infamous writer who turned out to have fabricated most of his articles. More often than not‚ Stephen Glass made his articles up with observations‚ random settings‚ and characters. Shattered
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Shattered Glass The film‚ Shattered Glass‚ is truly a cautionary tale capturing the horrific predicaments of a journalist’s decision to unrightfully delve into fiction. Due to his hunger for glory‚ Steven Glass‚ a well-liked writer and editor at The New Republic‚ continually manipulates the system by orchestrating fake phone numbers‚ web sites‚ and contact names; however‚ in 1998‚ one of Glass’s recently released editorials prompts an investigation by a local team of journalists which leads to
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Shattered Glass by Billy Ray Have you ever wondered how it would feel to lose your career? Shattered Glass is a true story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was found he had fabricated over half of his articles. He was a staff writer at The New Republic for three years who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in Washington‚ D.C. Looking for a short cut to fame‚ Glass combined sources‚ quotes‚ and even entire stories. He did everything in his power to make sure that everyone
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The film Shattered Glass presents the ethical issues of fabrication and the deception of the writer‚ Stephen Glass‚ to his editor and co-workers. He deliberately sensationalized his stories in order to gain his reader’s attention. His facts were partially‚ if not completely‚ inaccurate and he presented notes that he fabricated as facts for each of his pieces at the New Republic. Journalists in the media have a duty to the people to report the truth and follow an ethical code whenever reporting stories
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Shattered Glass begins with an obvious "good guy". However as the movie progresses we being to see who actually does what’s right for everyone‚ in place of what’s right only for themselves. Stephen Glass…most everyone in the office loves him. His stories are very colorful‚ and exciting‚ he is the young star of The New Republic‚ he is very popular‚ and well liked. Not only is he well liked‚ but he has certain characteristic’s that could make anyone sympathize with him. Such as when he innocently asks
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In the book Shattered‚ written by Sarah N Harvey‚ there are two main characters. There names are March and Tyler. March is very popular and is a very kind hearted person. She has long luscious brown hair‚ wears contacts‚ and is known for her flawless looks. March’s boyfriend‚ Tyler‚ is tall‚ and has blond hair. Like March‚ Tyler is popular and also has a good heart. They are both very similar to each other. There are three main settings in this book‚ the hospital‚ March’s house‚ and Castle Gifts
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Shattered Glass This was the best movie ever. I just have to say that. It almost boggles the mind exactly how in depth the journalistic verification process goes in an effort to bring the public true information; the amount of editors it takes‚ how many revisions the writer makes and the number of times each article is read and reread before print. There were many reasons why Stephen Glass was able to get away with his falsified articles and made up sources. The movies gives us the reason that
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