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• The Changelings How the Washington Post became the New York Times and the New York Times became the Washington Post.
  Jack Shafer July 4, 1998
  
• Glass Houses Why did I--vain skeptic--fall for the too-good-to-be-true journalism of Stephen Glass?
  Jack Shafer May 15, 1998
  
• Any Volunteers? Beware a government calling for acts of beneficence.
  Jack Shafer April 19, 1998
  
• More Time With My Family Right. And the check is in the mail.
  Jack Shafer March 15, 1998