Seth Mnookin on James Frey, and the intersection of two very different areas of expertise

Here on Fishbowl we use Seth Mnookin as the go-to guy on matters of transparency in journalism and scrupulous fact-checking, and also the word “Mnookin” makes us giggle. But his writing is certainly not limited to those subjects, nor is has his experience been. Which is why he’s uniquely qualified to write about James Frey : yes, he knows about accuracy and journalistic standards, but he also happens to know about being a junkie.