Jayson Blair
May 12th, 2003Part one of the Jayson Blair Story, The New York Times reporter who committed journalistic fraud while covering major national news events, is about plagiarism and falsehoods. Part two of the story is about our cultural record. How will The Times treat the electronic copies of Blair’s articles? For the moment it looks as though the articles will stay in The Times’ digital files along with a note about the suspect authenticity of Blair’s work. If they are yanked, the digital record of Blair’s deceit will be incomplete.
Thanks to Chuck Hamaker for reporting this on Liblicense.
Web Design on a Shoestring stays with me for the next two months while I take another pass at the manuscript.