Watch A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power And Jayson Blair At The New York Times

Young Jayson Blair seemingly had the world ahead of him. He was an up-and-coming journalist at The New York Times and everything looked rosy. Then the bottom fell out when his history of plagiarism, drug abuse and lying came back to haunt him. This documentary film traces Blair’s downfall, as well as that of two of his superiors at the paper, Gerald Boyd and Howell Raines. Interviews with major players in the scandal are featured, including Blair himself. The film is a very serious look at problems and pressures plaguing journalism today.