Blog Nine.

     The movie, Shattered Glass, profiles the true story of journalist, Stephen Glass, and his downspiral while writing for "The New Republic".  Glass was a repeat offender of fabricating his stories from small details to the entire piece.  The movie zero's in on his article "Hack Heaven" in which he described a completely vivid and completely fictional story of a teenage hacker and his encounter with Glass' fictional software company," Junkt Micronics".

     "I tried to earn the love and respect of the people around me" Glass said in a 2003 interview on explaining his reason for deception. 

     Glass wasn't the last to forge a story.  New York Times writer, Jayson Blair, became notorious for his plagiarism just several years after Glass.
    
     A journalist's job is to deliver the truth, the facts and yet why do some feel the need to lie for a story? If accuracy wasn't needed in journalism then it would be nothing more than a collection of tall-tales and therefor wouldn't really exist. Perhaps there is a sense of desperation to have a great story by a deadline but I believe that a journalist should be fully aware of the work environment that they are getting into and should be able to sustain a level of integrity and professionalism there because IT'S THEIR JOB. It really all comes down to that and I think the movie Shattered Glass is an enlightening one for aspiring journalists to watch.