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A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at the New York Times

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Correspondent Jayson Blair's serial plagiarism impacted The New York Times and the entire journalism profession.

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A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at the New York Times

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Shadow and Act Staff Shadow and Act 09/13/2022
By the end of the documentary, Grant has laid out all the pieces in an engaging, comprehensive way, neither absolving or sympathizing with Blair nor seeking to disregard the culpability of others... Go to Full Review Matt Zoller Seitz RogerEbert.com 04/11/2014
3/4
"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. Go to Full Review Ben Kenigsberg New York Times 04/10/2014
Lightness of touch is missing from the film, which features animated graphics and an ominous score. Go to Full Review Louis Proyect rec.arts.movies.reviews 11/28/2014
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. Go to Full Review Dan Schindel Nonfics (Substack) 05/30/2014
2/5
A frustrating waste of a good opportunity. Go to Full Review Nora Lee Mandel Film-Forward.com 04/11/2014
6/10
Looking closely at journalism today makes it look like messy sausage making, similar to the legislative process the press criticizes. . . fostering an enabling environment. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Samantha Grant

Director

Samantha Grant

Screenwriter

Richard Levien

Screenwriter

Samantha Grant

Producer

Brittney Shepherd

Producer

Justin Melland

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Synopsis Correspondent Jayson Blair's serial plagiarism impacted The New York Times and the entire journalism profession.
Director
Samantha Grant
Producer
Samantha Grant, Brittney Shepherd
Screenwriter
Samantha Grant, Richard Levien
Distributor
ITVS, Gush Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 11, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 3, 2017
Runtime
1h 18m
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