http://nymetro.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/n_8966/The Fiction Issue
Stephen Glass is returning to the scene of one of his many crimes: Rolling Stone. Glass has been assigned to write a piece for the magazine about the changes in Canada’s marijuana laws. Staffers at the mag are baffled that Jann Wenner is welcoming Glass back after he landed the mag in court. Rolling Stone was sued by D.A.R.E. America for defamation after it published an article Glass wrote that included fabrications that were critical of the anti-drug group. Wenner lawyers got the case dismissed by arguing that Rolling Stone was not responsible for Glass’s wrongdoing because as a freelancer he was an independent contractor, not an employee. A Wenner rep defended the mag’s flip-fop. “He’s a good reporter,” the rep said (without even the slightest giggle). “We thought he would be the perfect person to do the story.”