Upon watching the beginning of Shattered Glass, I couldn’t help but wonder why this particular title was chosen for a movie about a successful journalist. Stephen Glass was a seemingly cunning and creative writer, and became a booming success because of his stories for “The New Republic”. I didn’t realize why the title was so fitting until Stephen Glass broke down and admitted to having fabricated over half of his stories. His reputation and therefore character was “shattered” as a result of the investigations.

I, personally, found it easy to keep up with the plot because Journalism 200 has taught me the term, ‘libel’ which is prominent in the movie during parts where the staff has to fact-check Glass’s stories for it.