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Listen to This Article - Move Over, Jayson Blair: Meet Hamilton 68, the New King of Media Fraud

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Matt Taibbi

Jan 31, 2023

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The Twitter Files reveal that one of the most common news sources of the Trump era was a scam, making ordinary American political conversations look like Russian spywork

Narrated by Jared Moore

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Text published 1/27/23:

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Move Over, Jayson Blair: Meet Hamilton 68, the New King of Media Fraud

Ambitious media frauds Stephen Glass and Jayson Blair crippled the reputations of the New Republic and New York Times, respectively, by slipping years of invented news stories into their pages. Thanks to the Twitter Files, we can welcome a new member to their infamous club…

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