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Slate's obsession with constantly upending the conventional wisdom now has it blatantly debunking itself. [Slate]

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slate Mar 7, 2008 742 Online Mag Needs Intervention For Controversial Opinion Addiction
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ann brashares Jan 4, 2007 4,163 Ann Brashares Flaunts Her Ill-Gotten Gains
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james frey Dec 13, 2006 590 James Frey Now Plagiarizing John Mellencamp
books Nov 21, 2006 172 Does Google Book Search Mean Retiring ‘Fake Writer Day’ Tag?
kaavya viswanathan Nov 20, 2006 3,676 IvyWise founder Katherine Cohen Still Credible. Not!
james frey Nov 10, 2006 170 The Vengeful Ghost of Drunk James Frey Haunts Employees Only
this thing looks like that thing Nov 2, 2006 1,480 You’re Going To Love The Way You Look — He Kinda Guarantees It
fake writer day Nov 1, 2006 2,811 Kaavya Viswanathan Continues To Rehabilitate Image
harvard Oct 30, 2006 938 Down By the Banks of the River Charles: Lovers, Fuggers, Thieves, Plagiarists
james frey Oct 30, 2006 14,316 James Frey Might Want To Go Back To Just Making Things Up
nick sylvester Oct 19, 2006 986 Fake Writer Lectures Future Lawyers on Art and Artifice
kaavya viswanathan Oct 11, 2006 739 Fake Writer’s Real Writing Shows Plagiarism Not Necessarily a Bad Idea
lee siegel Oct 6, 2006 150 Keep Falling Upwards with Lee Siegel
jessica simpson Oct 5, 2006 264 Remainders: Jessica Lets Herself Go
fake writer day Sep 28, 2006 190 James Frey and Oprah: Misty Water-Colored Memories
james frey Sep 20, 2006 524 James Frey’s First Interview: FTBSITT Reflect
lee siegel Sep 18, 2006 216 Real Lee Siegel As Pompous, Insufferable As Fake Lee Siegel
james frey Sep 18, 2006 4,436 James Frey Can Still Buy Wife’s Love, Loyalty
kaavya viswanathan Sep 12, 2006 1,825 Kaavya Viswanathan Quarantined From Underclassmen
fake writer day Sep 8, 2006 663 J.T. Leroy and Other Treats for Credulous Media Outlets
radar Sep 7, 2006 111 ‘Radar’ on James Frey: So Close to Thunder, Yet So Far Away
the new republic Sep 7, 2006 639 The Internet Is for Cowboys
fake writer day Sep 6, 2006 453 Fake Commenter Day: Thus Spake Sprezzatura
james frey Aug 21, 2006 208 James Frey, Sports Writer: The Annotated Edition
fake writer day Aug 18, 2006 181 James Frey Slowly Crawls Out of His Hole of Shame
youth Jul 13, 2006 246 Textbook Plagiarism Devastates 2% of Student Population
star jones Jun 30, 2006 234 Gawker’s Week in Review: It’s All About Star
fake writer day Jun 23, 2006 790 Selling the Kaavya Viswanathan Story
james frey Jun 22, 2006 326 Fake Writer Day: James Frey on the Edge?
kaavya viswanathan May 22, 2006 251 Vintage Viswanathan on ‘Breakfast With the Arts’
fake writer day May 18, 2006 457 Kaavya Meets Her Match, Promptly Gets Served
james frey May 12, 2006 477 No Fucking Shit: ‘My Friend Leonard’ Fabricated
james frey May 11, 2006 149 James Frey Still Plummeting
kaavya viswanathan May 9, 2006 1,533 Kaavya Viswanathan Tries to Party
scarlett johansson May 4, 2006 339 Remainders: Please Don’t ‘Harrass’ Scarlett Johansson
tom cruise May 3, 2006 128 Remainders: All Cruise, All the Time
kaavya viswanathan May 3, 2006 821 Alloy’s House of Book Packaging Illusions
fake writer day May 3, 2006 320 Gawker Stalker: Kaavya Back in Cambridge
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