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Article: COLUMN: Creative autobiographies are unethical
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- March 27, 2008
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Ted Hamilton
University Wire
03-27-2008
(Cornell Daily Sun) (UWIRE) ITHACA, N.Y. -- Remember James Frey? He's the jackass who tried to pass off his book A Million Little Pieces, a tale of addiction and recovery, as a true-to-life memoir. At one point, the book soared to #1 and Frey was hailed as a symbol of hope. About two years ago, though, it turned out that he was a big liar, and the media fiasco that followed was highlighted by an on-air comeuppance at the hands of Oprah.
Earlier this month, news broke that the same thing had happened again, and twice; this time, though, the details are even more outlandish. One of the authors, a certain Margaret Seltzer, claims in Love and ...
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