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Jayson and the Golden Yarn

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Friday, March 12, 2004

When a promising young African-American reporter at the New York Times was discovered to have faked and plagiaraized his way to the top, nearly every pundit had an opinion about what went wrong. Now Jayson Blair has written his own account of his rapid rise and spectacular fall. Also, a City Hall roundtable, the New York Underground Film Festival, and your calls on taxing unhealthy food.

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DiMarzio Attacks

Jack Newfield, New York Sun Reporter on the week in City news and the Brooklyn Archbishop And Bob Hardt Executive producer and political director, New York 1on New York City politics

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Pleasure Underground

Kendra Gaeta Director the New York Underground Film Festivaldiscusses the abundance of political documentaries at this year's festival and Roddy Bogawa Director of "I Was Born But…" which opens the New York Underground Film Festival and James Fotopoulos director of "The Nest" and "Esophagus" featured in ...

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Jayson and the Golden Yarn

Jayson Blair Former New York Times reporter and Author, Burning Down My Masters' House: My Life at the New York Times recounts his experience fabricating stories and losing his job at the Grey lady

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Open Phones

you are what you eat?

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