2. * Stephen Glass only wanted to impress his
colleagues and felt that because his leis
would not directly hurt anyone, they
could be morally justified.
* What started out as the “perfect” quote
eventually snowballed into complete
“Are you mad at me?” fabrication.
- Stephen Glass
* He churned up fallacy because he could
not curb his desire for the approval of his
readers and colleagues, and in the end
paid with dire consequences.
3. * Given a rare opportunity to leap up a
rung in the corporal ladder, Lane
chose to take the place of his old
editor Michael Kelly. Though he could
have sided with the other writers at
TNR, he likely knew that arguing with
the boss who fired Kelly would only
make things worse; in Lane's mind, he
“He handed us fiction would have been doing the right thing
after fiction and we by avoiding further conflict.
printed them all as * Later, amidst disapproval by his
employees, Chuck lane pushed away
fact” his desire for acceptance in the eyes
- Charles Lane of the TNR writers in order to make
the morally correct decision and
expose Glass and his articles for the
lies that they were.
4. * Being the editor at TNR for quite a while
before getting fired by a tantrum-prone
boss, Michael Kelly was well-exposed to
Glass' articles and quite familiar with Glass
himself. Therefore, the idea must be
entertained that Kelly should have had
some sort of doubt that Glass' articles were
all truthful.
* However, if Kelly had known of Glass' lies
and chose not to reveal them, there are a
number of probable ulterior motives. First
“Steve, I have to ask of all, Glass' articles were known to be the
you this: did you ever most colorful and the most detailed of the
magazine, which would add to the
cook a piece when I was magazine's publicity and popularity.
your boss?” * Secondly, Glass was one of the most-liked
employees of all TNR and most of the
- Michael Kelly writers there were rather fond of him.
If Kelly had known about the lies and had
chosen not to expose Glass because of
unselfish reasons, it may simply have been
that Kelly had not the heart to rid Glass of
his job.
5. * Throughout the movie, Caityln is presented
as a rather temperamental character. She
trusts Stephen because she is sold on the
humor and brilliant presentation of stories
that Glass gives at meetings.
* Caitlyn bottles up her dislike towards Chuck
throughout the movie as she sees him as an
opportunist that betrayed Michael and the
“Is this what you magazine by accepting his position.
* Because of this dislike, she always
want, Amy? To get a maintains a level of bias that excludes
bunch fo smoke blown up Stephen from any wrongdoings as she
believes Chuck is just trying to get rid of
you’re a** by a pack of people that write better than he does.
editors?” * However, at the end of the movie, she is
forced to accept the truth and realizes how
- Caitlyn Avey easily she was lied to just because she was
blind towards Stephen’s true motives.
6. * Glass grew up in a Jewish family in the
northern Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
* He attended the University of
Pennyslvania, where he served as executive
editor of the student newspaper, "The Daily
Pennyslvanian". During his time as
editor, he covered stories such as the
infamous "Watter Buffalo" incident in which
his newspaper garnered national attention.
* It was at this time that Glass probably was
exposed to the glory of
appreciation, admiration, and acceptance.
“It’s in my notes.” Some characteristics that he would employ
all the way to the New Republic.
- Stephen Glass * Glass' parents discouraged him from
pursuing a journalistic career, and instead
urged him to become a doctor or lawyer.
His parents' lack of support for his
endeavors in general may have caused him
to crave the attention that he so wanted.
* In recent years, Glass has been actively
applying to join the state bar in
California, where legislation in 2011, his
case will be reviewed for moral character.
