Jayson Blair - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • A play about Blair, CQ/CX, written by Gabe McKinley, was produced by the Atlantic Theater Company in 2012. McKinley knew Blair personally, having worked at the Times during the period Blair was there.
  • The 2010 movie Lying To Be Perfect has a scene in which an editor exclaims: "This could be like Jayson Blair and the New York Times!"
  • A scene in the Gilmore Girls episode "The Reigning Lorelai" (4.16) shows Rory's editor, Doyle, becoming frustrated with the way Yale Daily News staffers act in the newsroom, calling it "the breeding ground for the next Jayson Blair."
  • The television series Law and Order used the Blair story as the inspiration for Episode 14.02: 'Bounty'.

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