Just by coincidence, it was discovered that Stephen Glass, a journalist at the New Republic, used to fabricate stories that never took place. Actually, Glass is not the only case. Journalists these days are trying to cope with the highly competitive environment because of communication and technology revolutions. This led Glass and others to fabricate stories. Editors became more concerned with administrative work, like meetings, than with editorial work, like working with the journalists and reading what they write.


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Art. 17 – Selective use of sources

Art. 28 – Blowing up extremist statements