2. BACKGROUND INFO.
Born March 23,1976
He was an African American journalist for the New
York Times
Studied at the University of Maryland
3. HIS CRIME
He made up all his stories.
Some of his stories he wrote when he was
high and/or drunk.
Lied that his cousin died because he was
“hurt emotionally.” But really, he felt like he
was under too much pressure.
4. CONSEQUENCE
Tarnished the reputation of the worlds
greatest newspaper ever since 152 years
ago.
Many people looked down on him afterward
his crimes.
5.
6. PLAGIARIZED ARTICLE
“Relatives of Missing Soldiers Dread Hearing Worse
News”
“By Jayson Blair
PALESTINE, W.Va., March 26 -- Gregory Lynch Sr.
choked up as he stood on his porch here overlooking
the tobacco fields and cattle pastures, and declared
that he remained optimistic -- even though a military
official had just come by to warn him to brace himself,
that even worse news could be coming any day now.
It is hard to imagine, he says, any worse news than
what he learned on Sunday night: his 19-year-old
daughter, Pfc. Jessica Lynch, had been in the Army
convoy that was ambushed in southern Iraq.”
7. The article showed on the previous slide
shown was a made up story. He said so in an
interview and book he published named
Burning Down My Master’s House: My Life
at the New York Times.
He made up the last name of the man he had
interview because the man didn’t want to give
his last name so Blair made it up. Most of his
stories were written when he was high and or
drunk. He stated so on the NBC exclusive.
(Quotes below are statements said.) Couric: “You
mentioned some very low points as a cocaine addict, including
performing and receiving sexual favors for drugs. And crawling on
the floor searching for specks of cocaine. It got really, really bad
for you in terms of the drug use.”
Blair: “It took over my life. I made horrible choices with drugs and
