Lesson One: Don't Make Up Stories.

What do you do when you are caught making up stories at a major news publication?

Well, if you are Jayson Blair, you become a life coach in Northern Virginia.

AP’s Matthew Barakat has the story:

“McLEAN, Va. — Jayson Blair knows his new profession – life coach – smacks some people in the face like a bad punchline.

“People say, ‘Wait a minute. You’re a life coach?’ That makes no sense,'” says Blair, the ex-journalist best known for foisting plagiarism and fabrications into the pages of The New York Times.

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