Response To Shattered Glass

option one:
Stephen Glass showed clues to how he was not a ideal journalist, yet they were very subtle and convincing. At the very beginning of the movie he complements one of his co-workers by saying that her necklace looked nice on her. He also gave complements to others and brought some people gum. He does this because in order for people to trust him, he needs a good representation. When his original editor Michael Kelly questions his story "Spring Breakdown" for the mini bottles, Glass offers to hand in his resignation for his minor mistake to make it seem like he would never do anything worse than that, thus making him seem more trust worthy with the big picture with his story. When Glass says "A great editor defends his writers. Against anyone. He stands up and fights for you" I believe this is true but he is talking about an "editor" meaning thats their job, they edit. They have to fact check and not just take their co-workers word that something happened. As for when Glass says "This is The New Republic, remember? Nothing slides here. If you don't have it cold, you don't turn it in. Ever." It also gives people the validation that he knows the rules and because he knows it is more likely for him to follow them.