Monthly Archives: September 2018

Situation definition: This movie tells the true story of journalist Stephen Glass, as he rose to fame in his 20’s, becoming a staff writer at “The New Republic”. During his time there about 27 out of 41 stories were either … Continue reading →

In the movie Shattered Glass, the main character Stephen Glass fabricated a lot of his stories during the time he wrote for The New Republic. He made up fake places, names, emails, even company websites. Glass lied to his boss … Continue reading →

Shattered Glass tells the story of Stephen Glass’s demise as a journalist at The New Republic. Through sensationalized stories and fabricated sources, Glass managed to deceive his coworkers and the readers of The New Republic. Glass’ web of deceit is … Continue reading →

Situation Definition: The movie, Shattered Glass, is based on the true story of Stephen Glass, a journalist, who was busted for writing many fabricated articles for the New Republic newspaper. Glass is definitely not an ethical person, and this becomes … Continue reading →

In “Shattered Glass” a young reporter for The New Republic was caught fabricating the majority of his stories. Stephen Glass made up locations and sources for his stories and even went so far as to cover up his tracks with … Continue reading →

Shattered Glass is a must watch movie in developing and understanding personal journalistic ethics. Stephen Glass, former journalist for The New Republic, fooled America by writing many articles with false storylines, made up facts and people. By earning the trust … Continue reading →

The two main issues that bring up intense ethical messages in Shattered Glass are ends-based thinking and the golden rule. Glass violated both of these ethical issues by choosing to value the ends of his elaborate, yet false stories as … Continue reading →

Situation Definition: Shattered Glass is about a young journalist named Stephen Glass who fabricated 27 of his 41 stories while working for the New Republic. Originally, Glass seemed like an uplifting figure, sharing the ins and outs of being a … Continue reading →

Stephen Glass, a journalist for The New Republic, fabricated many stories by making up quotes, characters and other small details. Another ethical problem he faced was whether or not to tell his editor and colleagues that he fabricated these stories. … Continue reading →

In Shattered Glass, journalist, Stephen Glass, used his platform in The New Republic — a respected, news-based magazine — to gain commercial success through the falsehood of his writing. Ethically unsound, Glass chose to fabricate 27 of his published 41 … Continue reading →