Monthly Archives: February 2015

  Kristopher Gross Blog #2 Despite there being a multitude of potential issues that could be mentioned from Shattered Glass, two ethical problems stood out above the rest. The first is the fact that Glass deceived not only the audience … Continue reading →

Shannon Ryan Blog 2 Part 1: “Stephen Glass was three things; a phenomenal liar, a great story-teller and an awful journalist. ” Glass committed two of the most lethal ethical sins in journalism, he deceived the public and his editors, … Continue reading →

Self-expression is the need of the human soul. (Lead, 1964) The film Shattered Glass shows the many ethical issues that can occur in writing. The films main issue specifically was Glass going whatever it took to deceive his editors, not … Continue reading →

Jordan Berk Cheating the System   Part I   After watching Shattered Glass, I realized that Steven Glass has participated in some very unethical things while being a journalist. Steven Glass was a really nice man but he was also … Continue reading →

Steven Glass made himself the poster child for unethical journalism during his time writing for the magazine The New Republic. There isn’t much that Glass didn’t do when it came to falsifying stories. Whether it was pressure to succeed or … Continue reading →

A Duty to Tell the Truth Part 1   Stephen Glass broke the number one rule of journalism, which is lying to your readers. Glass fabricated 27 stories he wrote for the “New Republic” and I find that unacceptable. To … Continue reading →

Situation definition The movie Shattered Glass is about the story of Stephen Glass, a young journalist who plagiarized and fabricated 27 of his news story while working for the New Republic magazine. Most of his story seemed too good to … Continue reading →

In Billy Ray’s Shattering Glass, the real life story of Stephen Glass’s journalistic career at the esteemed News Republic and the exposure of his journalistic fraud.  His cinematically vivid stories and engaging personality quickly gave him the edge at News … Continue reading →

Shattered Glass brings forth a number of striking ethical issues. Specifically, I found it disturbing that Stephen Glass was so well liked by his peers. On the surface, Glass was just a normal person—even more so, a popular one. This … Continue reading →

Is It All Stephen’s Fault? Part 1 Situation Definition One scene that impressed me in the film was when Stephen’s colleague Amy was told that she was not writing into her strength and she explained that she just wanted to be … Continue reading →

The Ethics of Journalism  Part 1 From watching the movie Shattered Glass, the two main ethical issues I saw being brought up was fabrication and dishonesty. Dishonesty was seen when we realize that Stephen Glass was lying about where he got his sources. We learn … Continue reading →

Snake It Till You Make It: A disregard for Journalistic Ethics Part 1 Steven Glass committed multiple ethical violations during his time at The New Republic. The most blatant and objectionable offense was fabricated parts, or at times all, of … Continue reading →

The Truth Behind Deception To be a creditable journalist one must be able to follow the set of ethical rules that come with the job. Even at times it may seem impossible to stay completely away from wanting to embellish … Continue reading →

Part 1: There are several issues that arise within the journalistic world that evoke intense ethical messages – two of them being fabrication and deception. Fabrication is where journalists make things up, such as stories, and pass them off as … Continue reading →