
Jayson Blair is the most infamous serial plagiarist of our time. He unleashed the massive scandal that rocked the New York Times and the entire world of journalism.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jayson Blair is the most infamous serial plagiarist of our time. He unleashed the massive scandal that rocked the New York Times and the entire world of journalism.
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| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenPlagiarist 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." |
| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller Seitz"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. |
| Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlWhile 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. |
| Film-Forward.comNora Lee MandelLooking closely at journalism today makes it look like messy sausage making, similar to the legislative process the press criticizes. . . fostering an enabling environment. |
| New York TimesBen KenigsbergLightness of touch is missing from the film, which features animated graphics and an ominous score. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirOn 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. |
| The DissolveMike D'AngeloA 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. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsLouis ProyectThe real scandal at the NYT is not Jayson Blair's plagiarism but the paper of record's incestuous relationship to the military-industrial complex. |
A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at the New York Times