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This week’s budding controversy at The New Republic is an interesting example of how journalism has changed in the Internet age. The rapid-fire pace of news gathering and disseminating has sped up the entire journalistic process ... and its detractors.

For example, check out this week's timeline in The New Republic case. The magazine – which fell prey to a dishonest contributor a decade ago, a story made into the movie “Shattered Glass” – is facing new allegations.

Saturday, July 21: The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz reports on allegations being made about The New Republic’s “Baghdad Diarist” – an ongoing series (3 so far) of reports filed by a soldier in Iraq. Critics had begun to assail the contributor for potential falsehoods in his reporting

Tuesday, July 24: The New York Times advances the story, featuring a quote from the magazine’s editor committing “the full resources of the magazine” into investigating the concerns.

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