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EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Glass was born and raised in Highland Park, Illinois . He graduated from the University Of Pennsylvania in 1994 , where he was Executive Editor of '' The Daily Pennsylvanian '', the university's Student Newspaper . He holds a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center . Following his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, he rose quickly to national prominence in the competitive world of national political journalism, but soon suffered a quick downfall. NEW REPUBLIC SCANDAL In 1998 , he was fired from ''TNR'' after it was discovered that he had committed several cases of Journalistic Fraud . The story that triggered these events was called "Hack Heaven", and concerned a supposed 15-year-old computer Hacker hired to work for a large company as an information security consultant after breaking into their computer system and exposing its weaknesses. Like several of Stephen Glass's previous stories, "Hack Heaven" depicted events that were almost cinematic in their vividness and that were told from a first-person perspective implying Glass was there as the action took place. The article opens as follows: Ian Restil, a 15-year-old computer hacker who looks like an even more adolescent version of Bill Gates , is throwing a tantrum. "I want more money. I want a Miata . I want a trip to Disney World . I want X-Man comic {Link without Title} number one. I want a lifetime subscription to Playboy , and throw in Penthouse . Show me the money! Show me the money!"... Across the table, executives from a California software firm called Jukt Micronics are listening – and trying ever so delicately to oblige. "Excuse me, sir," one of the suits says, tentatively, to the pimply teenager. "Excuse me. Pardon me for interrupting you, sir. We can arrange more money for you ..." Soon after the publication of "Hack Heaven," account for the company in order to deceive ''TNR'' SHATTERED GLASS A movie presenting a stylized view of Glass's rise and fall, titled '' Shattered Glass '', was released in 2003 . It captures the high-pressure world of national political journalism and the inside workings of a national political magazine. The well-received movie stars Hayden Christensen as Glass. ATTORNEY AND AUTHOR Stephen Glass completed his law degree at Georgetown University Law Center after being fired by ''TNR.'' In 2003 , he began appearing on television to promote his "biographical novel" ''The Fabulist''. "I wanted them to think I was a good journalist, a good person. I wanted them to love the story so they would love me", he told Steve Kroft of CBS News ' 60 Minutes in an interview. His detractors, however, suspected these signs of contrition were merely to promote his book and believed Glass still could not be trusted. Glass lives in New York City . NOTES |
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