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Jayson Blair

1976–

United States

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Jayson Thomas Blair (born March 23, 1976) is an American former journalist who worked for The New York Times. In May 2003, he resigned from the newspaper following the revelation of fabrication and plagiarism within his articles. In 2004, he published a memoir entitled Burning Down My Masters' House.

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