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Burning Down My Masters' House

 
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Jayson Blair was a rising star at the "New York Times." Until it came out that he had been stealing or making up some of his stories. When he crashed and burned, so did the Times' executive editor and managing editor, and the Times itself suffered a serious blow to its credibility. Now Jayson Blair explains why he did what he did, in this memoir.
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