Thoughts on Shattered Glass
Shattered Glass is a film about Stephen Glass. Glass was a star writer for the New Republic, a news magazine based in Washington D.C. with a long history. The New Republic editors/writers might have considered the magazine a step above Time or Newsweek. The New Republic did not use photos in their stories. Glass wrote fantastic stories. His last story for the magazine was Hack Heaven about a teenage hacker who was hired by a company after he hacked them. The online magazine Forbes Digital Tool wanted to do a follow up story, feeling surprised that the New Republic got the story instead of them (Forbes Digital Tool). A reporter for Forbes tries to do a follow up story but he cannot confirm anything from the story. Well, the reporter did confirm the existence of the state of Nevada. The reporter and editor from Forbes calls the New Republic and Glass and his editor Charles Lane take the call. Questions are asked and Glass provides unconvincing answers. Glass says h...