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On May 1, 2013, Jayson Blair who was working for the New York Times at the time
turned in a resignation letter. He was under pressure to resign over allegations that he was a
plagiarist. These allegations were made against him some days before he tendered his
resignation. This step led to the serious investigation of his works by the New York Times. Some
days later, a report was issued by New York Times on its findings regarding the allegations
against Blair (Barry et al.). In the report and news article title “Correcting The Record”, it was
indicated that Blair had left a long trail of deceptive works. Blair was the epitome of plagiarism
and deception at the time, maybe he was just a reflection of what the media was through his
deceptive actions before his discovery which set in motion events that would clean up the media
houses.
Upon investigation, it was discovered that Blair had been pretending to have visited
different sites, yet he was in New York. He had fabricated information including purported
evidence that he claimed to have collected from people whom he had never met. He was reported
to have fabricated evidence from different situations in Texas, Maryland, and other states (Rieder
6). Often, he would indicate that he had met with certain persons whom it was later discovered
that they never existed, or they never met (Rieder 7). Often, Blair used different techniques to

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write false reports and story lines. He would focus on recent events that had been emotionally
charged. Stories like attacks perpetrated by US citizens stateside and Iraq were his specialty.
As much as Blair had it coming, New York Times was also blamed for the scandal. The
fact that he committed several ethical missteps was not right on New York Times. They should
have had mechanisms that would have shed light into his doings. If not his current deeds, they
should have discovered his former before employing him. The newspaper should have been keen
enough when they were hiring him. Apparently, an investigation showed that Blair had been
committing these offenses almost from the first day that he was employed at the Times (Barry et
al.). Sadly enough, there was evidence that he was troubled and a wreck even at his previous
employments (Barry et al.). This raises a question as to why he was employed by the times in the
first place. In as much as his deeds were wrecking and damaged the Time’s image, it was a real
wake-up call to the news media houses on matters concerning plagiarism.
News media houses were questioned on the systems they have in place to help detect
whether their journalists were plagiarizing their stories. According to Barry et al., most news
media houses offer blind trust to their staff. This is a risky affair. New York Times had offered
the same trust to Blair, and he messed them up. There should be plagiarism detection tools and
systems in place. The works of a reporter should be checked time and time over to determine
whether it is factual and original. Notably, many new agencies created a position of the public
editor who was endowed with the task of collaborating with the public in a quest to root out
quack journalists (Barry et al.). Nevertheless, it is worth noting that by the time one is
approaching the public on such matters the damage is already done.

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Surname 1 Name Professor Course Date: day/month/year Jayson Blair On May 1, 2013, Jayson Blair who was working for the New York Times at the time turned in a resignation letter. He was under pressure to resign over allegations that he was a plagiarist. These allegations were made against him some days before he tendered his resignation. This step led to the serious investigation of his works by the New York Times. Some days later, a report was issued by New York Times on its findings regarding the allegations against Blair (Barry et al.). In the report and news article title “Correcting The Record”, it was indicated that Blair had left a long trail of deceptive works. Blair was the epitome of plagiarism and deception at the time, maybe he was just a reflection of what the media was through his deceptive actions before his discovery which set in motion events that would clean up the media houses. Upon investigation, it was discovered that Blair had been pretending to have visited different sites, yet he was in New York. He had fabricated information including purported evidence that he claimed to have collected from people whom he had never met. He was reported to have fabricated evidence from different situations in Texas, Maryland , and other states (Rieder 6). Often, he would indicate that he had met with certain persons whom it was later discovered that they never existed, or they never met (Rieder 7). Often, Blair used different techniques to Surname 2 write false r ...
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