Jayson Blair Addresses Intercept Scandal

Wise words from a fellow "fabulist."

Jayson Blair had not heard or read anything about this week’s Intercept debacle until it was brought up to him by a New York Daily News reporter.

In the resulting piece by Jason Silverstein, Blair, who carved out a very similar trail at The New York Times, has some succinct advice for disgraced reporter Juan Thompson:

Blair now works as a life coach in Virginia, and spoke from his Virginia office. He never tried to re-enter journalism, and advised the same for Thompson.

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