Liar Liar

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Stephen Glass was a young writer whose misinformation and fabrications, although found humorous by his co-workers, swayed the public opinion and effected many lives; including his. Like many professionals, Mr. Glass was skilled at what he did. He was a valued by his colleagues and had an almost unbreakable bond with them. All was well and dandy at The New Republic till Mr. Glass's career came crashing down on his face like the twin towers of 9-11. Most of his work at The New Republic was falsified. He lied to himself, his boss, his co-workers, and the public. With the mendacity of course comes terrible and sometimes life altering consequences. One might ask these questions. Why did Mr. Glass lie? What did he lie about? And what consequences did it bring about?

Just like most of us at various our workplaces, Mr. Glass sought some attention. He wanted to be `one of the guys' so to speak. As a writer, often when you have an interesting story people pay attention to you and that's what Mr. Glass wanted. Intriguing stories weren't very easy for him to find so he started fabricating and formulating all sorts of fictitious stories. When Claudius, In Hamlet, a story by William Shakespeare, killed his brother by dropping poison in his ear, he told everyone that a poisonous snake had bitten his brother. Claudius had misinformed in order to score with his brother's wife and wear the crown as king. One of the effects of lying is that it leads to more lying. Also it was the effect of Mr. Glass's need for popularity at The New Republic and Claudius wanting to be king. Although sometimes it seems that by lying we get what we want easier but little do we know that it comes back later to bite us in the ass.

Furthermore, twenty-seven out o...

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... story is relative to other stories both past and present. Most of them show the consequence of lying with on the long run, weren't very pleasing. We must all realize that no matter what we do, where we are and what we say, we must always keep in mind that the truth will set us free.

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Ø Cable News Network. " On August 17 1998.... William Jefferson Clinton willfully provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony to the grand jury..."Text of Draft articles of Impeachment. 09 December 1998 <http:// www.cnn.com/AllPolitics>

Ø Ross, Tony. The boy who cried wolf. New York: Dial books for young readers, 1991, c1985, 1v. (unpaged): col. ill.

Ø Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Eds. David Bevington, David Scott Kastan, and James Hammersmith. New York: Bantam Books, Class. Pg 29 Lines 36-41 act one, scene 5.

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