Fabrication of a Fabrication
Some timely humor from
The
Stranger
The books editor for The Stranger committed an unconscionable act of journalistic fraud last week in a feature article entitled "The Liars" Club," an investigation by Stranger journalists has found. The egregious fabrication represents a profound betrayal of trust and a low point in the 12-year history of the newspaper.
FRIZZELLE Leaving the office after being fired late Friday morning.
The editor, Christopher Frizzelle, 23, misled readers and Stranger colleagues by submitting a piece that purported to be an exclusive interview with disgraced journalists Jayson Blair, formerly of the New York Times, and Stephen Glass, formerly of the New Republic, conducted in a bar in Brooklyn, New York. The Stranger has since discovered that Frizzelle did not travel to New York City, and spent the last two months writing the piece far away from there, in his Capitol Hill apartment. He fabricated comments. He concocted scenes. He lifted material from other newspapers and magazines. He altered a photograph to create the impression he had been somewhere, and had seen someone, when he had not...
The books editor for The Stranger committed an unconscionable act of journalistic fraud last week in a feature article entitled "The Liars" Club," an investigation by Stranger journalists has found. The egregious fabrication represents a profound betrayal of trust and a low point in the 12-year history of the newspaper.
FRIZZELLE Leaving the office after being fired late Friday morning.
The editor, Christopher Frizzelle, 23, misled readers and Stranger colleagues by submitting a piece that purported to be an exclusive interview with disgraced journalists Jayson Blair, formerly of the New York Times, and Stephen Glass, formerly of the New Republic, conducted in a bar in Brooklyn, New York. The Stranger has since discovered that Frizzelle did not travel to New York City, and spent the last two months writing the piece far away from there, in his Capitol Hill apartment. He fabricated comments. He concocted scenes. He lifted material from other newspapers and magazines. He altered a photograph to create the impression he had been somewhere, and had seen someone, when he had not...
Posted: Mon - March 29, 2004 at 09:57 PM
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