Shattered Glass is based on a true story. Stephen Glass, then aged 25, was a writer for The New Republic, a magazine on politics known as “the only in-flight magazine on Air Force One”. Glass was popular amongst colleagues, and an up-and-coming journalist. But then Forbes Digital Tool, an online publication, found out that one of Glass’s piece, “Hack Heaven”, was a total fabrication.
It is ironic as we always think that printed media is more reliable than online media, but it turned out to be a digital magazine which unveiled the truth. Many people choose not to read the news anymore, but the more sensible approach, I suppose, is to be critical when you read everything.
Regarding the cast performance, Hayden Christensen reminded me of himself in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, he was just Anakin Skywalker again. I am not familiar with the rest of the cast, except Hank Azaria who is brilliant as usual.
Reference: the Forbes Digital Tool articles:
Side-note: I should have bought the area-code-1 version DVD, which contains an interview of Stephen Glass on 60 Minutes. 