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"A Fragile Trust" lays it all out, sometimes in manipulative ways, but always with clarity, so that you understand what happened and how it happened. Apr 11, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
"A Fragile Trust" lays it all out, sometimes in manipulative ways, but always with clarity, so that you understand what happened and how it happened.
Matt Zoller Seitz
Lightness of touch is missing from the film, which features animated graphics and an ominous score. Apr 10, 2014 | Full Review…
Lightness of touch is missing from the film, which features animated graphics and an ominous score.
Ben Kenigsberg
Director Samantha Grant chronicles an ignominious but fascinating chapter in modern journalism in this solid doc. Apr 10, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Director Samantha Grant chronicles an ignominious but fascinating chapter in modern journalism in this solid doc.
Joe Neumaier
On the most basic level, [Grant] tells a clear and thorough story about the most damaging plagiarism scandal in the history of America's flagship newspaper, and about the ambiguous and troubled individual who sparked it. Apr 10, 2014 | Full Review…
On the most basic level, [Grant] tells a clear and thorough story about the most damaging plagiarism scandal in the history of America's flagship newspaper, and about the ambiguous and troubled individual who sparked it.
Andrew O'Hehir
It's a swift, vivid movie, but 10 years past the scandal, not much is new. Apr 10, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
It's a swift, vivid movie, but 10 years past the scandal, not much is new.
Farran Smith Nehme
While mostly well made, and certain to serve as a handy précis for the J-school set, A Fragile Trust is more a soiling reminder than a revelation for anyone already familiar with Blair's case. Apr 8, 2014 | Full Review…
While mostly well made, and certain to serve as a handy précis for the J-school set, A Fragile Trust is more a soiling reminder than a revelation for anyone already familiar with Blair's case.
Alan Scherstuhl
The real scandal at the NYT is not Jayson Blair's plagiarism but the paper of record's incestuous relationship to the military-industrial complex. Nov 28, 2014 | Full Review…
The real scandal at the NYT is not Jayson Blair's plagiarism but the paper of record's incestuous relationship to the military-industrial complex.
Louis Proyect
A frustrating waste of a good opportunity. May 30, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
A frustrating waste of a good opportunity.
Dan Schindel
Looking closely at journalism today makes it look like messy sausage making, similar to the legislative process the press criticizes. . . fostering an enabling environment. Apr 11, 2014 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
Looking closely at journalism today makes it look like messy sausage making, similar to the legislative process the press criticizes. . . fostering an enabling environment.
Nora Lee Mandel
A Fragile Trust [...] does little more than rehash the story [of reporter Jayson Blair] for those who missed it the first time around, without ever finding much of a bigger picture. Apr 9, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
A Fragile Trust [...] does little more than rehash the story [of reporter Jayson Blair] for those who missed it the first time around, without ever finding much of a bigger picture.
Mike D'Angelo
Plagiarist Jayson Blair takes up too much of the doc's time given his unflattering, close-up appearance and compulsive use of "um" and "you know." Apr 6, 2014 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
Plagiarist Jayson Blair takes up too much of the doc's time given his unflattering, close-up appearance and compulsive use of "um" and "you know."
Harvey S. Karten
One of the Gray Lady's most embarrassing moments comes to complex life in this tough-minded analysis that explores issues of race, affirmative action and institutional inertia. Apr 8, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
One of the Gray Lady's most embarrassing moments comes to complex life in this tough-minded analysis that explores issues of race, affirmative action and institutional inertia.
Joshua Rothkopf
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