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Jayson Blair’s memoir chronicles his journey from a Black journalist of slave ancestry to a national correspondent at the New York Times, and the subsequent unraveling that led to the largest journalism scandal of recent decades. The book provides a candid, self‑critical account of his acts of deception, the anger fueled by growing up black in the white South, and the psychological toll of addiction and manic‑depression. Blair contextualizes his story against significant news events—the World Trade Center attacks, Washington sniper shootings—and offers critical analysis of how the media reports on emotionally charged topics, questioning its commitment to fairness, balance and objectivity.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Jayson Blair
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