Prior to Donald Trump’s focus on fabricated news reports, Stephen Glass—portrayed by Hayden Christensen—engaged in similar deception. This film centers on an inventive and driven individual who skillfully bypassed the verification procedures at "The New Republic," a respected magazine in Washington D.C., resulting in the publication of more than twenty lengthy pieces entirely lacking factual grounding. The situation …

The narrative was presented in a way that made it engaging. I thought Christensen’s casting worked out really well for the part of such a bad person.