Stephen Glass Article Review

http://wp.lps.org/akabour/files/2013/12/Spring-Breakdown-Stephen-Glass.pdf

After reading the article Spring Breakdown, I can see now how he wasn't caught as soon as he started it. If I hadn't known that Stephen Glass faked most or all of this, then I would've believed the article.

He gives so much detail about the events that took place, like he was there, even when he wasn't. He gives detail about the people there, the hotel rooms and parties they attended, that it seems hard to make up.

He gives a vivid description of many of the people there, each with their own quick and small background, including a  place of origin, and age.

He comes up with all of this, mixing facts with fiction so it'd sound much more real. He gives details about the conference that sound believable, that most people would overlook and just naturally believe.

He talks about what it was like in the past, and how it's currently affecting C.P.A.C's popularity. That doesn't begin to cover how he backs up what he's saying.

He covers up some of the claims he makes by saying that they won't release the numbers of those who showed up because of how embarrassingly low the numbers are, only giving estimates that supposedly came from veterans of the event.

And even if there was truth in that, why didn't anyone at cpac call him out for his claims that attendance was dramatically dropping?

PUNISHMENT

I feel like he shouldn't be able to write for a newspaper after the events that took place, and deserved the punishment he had gotten.

The fact that he had not been caught earlier is shocking to say the least. I can understand why he wasn't, but I feel like they should have done more research into sources cited.

If he needed a lesser punishment, it had to be suspension from writing. He doesn't deserve a lesser punishment, so it wouldn't matter anyway.

If somebody was able to come up with these stories, partially or completely, then how come they couldn't have put that effort into actually doing journalistic work instead of writing fiction?

I believe that punishment was well-deserved and earned, and I can't see why he would do something like that. Especially for one of the most supported newspapers.