Hard News: Twenty-one Brutal Months at The New York Times and How They Changed the American Media | 
pickA riveting exploration of the Jayson Blair scandal that rocked the New York Times. The Blair scandal doesn't come up until page 101, so a bit of patience is required by the reader. However, it's important that Mnookin sets the scene for the destructive culture that allowed Blair to come on board in the first place, which he does masterfully. Just as important, this book is also about how the NYT admirably recovered from the scandal.
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