Stephen Glass is a talented young writer. Certainly The New Republic thought so, since it published 41 articles by the 25-year-old associate editor over a three-year period. Mr. Glass was sacked last month when it was discovered that 27 of those articles included made-up material. The editors, concluding their investigation this week, profusely apologized to their readers. "Thus ends an unpleasant chapter," The New York Times quoted editor in chief Martin Peretz as saying.
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Stephen Glass is a talented young writer. Certainly The New Republic thought so, since it published 41 articles by the 25-year-old associate editor over a three-year period. Mr. Glass was sacked last month when it was discovered that 27 of those articles included made-up material. The editors, concluding their investigation this week, profusely apologized to their readers. "Thus ends an unpleasant chapter," The New York Times quoted editor in chief Martin Peretz as saying.
