Jayson Blair, a 27-year-old staff reporter for The New York Times for nearly four years, was accused of committing several acts of journalism fraud. His fraudulent activities were uncovered in 2003. Jayson Blair was accused of fabricating statements, making up scenes, using materials from other newspapers and using details from images to give the impression that he was at a particular place in time when the incidents happened. He employed these techniques to enable him to write about emotional charged moments such as the sniper attack incident in Washington. Every form of plagiarism has a level of impact, some so small that it only affects the individual who committed the act and others so big that it affects families, companies and even an entire nation. In the case of Jason Blair, the impacts of his fraudulent actions were many.
To begin with, Jayson Blair and immediate family felt the immediate impact because he lost his job by resigning and probably the end of his career as a reporter because no other news media company would hire such a person with that negative credibility. The emotional and mental trauma that he experienced from all the personal attacks from …show more content…
As a result of his acts, Jayson Blair’s plagiarism acts shattered The New York Time’s reputation. The news corporation was blamed for allowing Jayson Blair to carry out such fraudulent behavior. The newspaper readers and the community as a whole questioned The New York Times how they were clueless as to allowing such acts to continue and letting it continue right under their nose. The management had to spend more money to put some safeguards in place to make sure this sought of event won’t repeat again and also had to work hard to gain back the public trust. From the very first day he started working for them, he showed signs that he could not be
To begin with, Jayson Blair and immediate family felt the immediate impact because he lost his job by resigning and probably the end of his career as a reporter because no other news media company would hire such a person with that negative credibility. The emotional and mental trauma that he experienced from all the personal attacks from …show more content…
As a result of his acts, Jayson Blair’s plagiarism acts shattered The New York Time’s reputation. The news corporation was blamed for allowing Jayson Blair to carry out such fraudulent behavior. The newspaper readers and the community as a whole questioned The New York Times how they were clueless as to allowing such acts to continue and letting it continue right under their nose. The management had to spend more money to put some safeguards in place to make sure this sought of event won’t repeat again and also had to work hard to gain back the public trust. From the very first day he started working for them, he showed signs that he could not be