THE STRAIGHT DOPE FROM STEPHEN GLASS?

New York (AP) -- Stephen Glass, a writer who was fired from the New
Republic magazine for fabricating stories, is being given another chance by
Rolling Stone, another magazine he wrote fabricated material for.

Glass has been assigned a story on Canadian marijuana laws, Stu Zakim, a
spokesman for the magazine, said yesterday. The assignment was first
reported by New York magazine.

A previous story that Glass wrote for Rolling Stone resulted in a lawsuit.
Drug Abuse Resistance Education or D.A.R.E., an antidrug program, sued the
magazine in 1999 over Glass's story about the group, part of which he
admitted making up. Zakim said Rolling Stone owner Jann Wenner felt it was
worth giving Glass another chance. Wenner himself was not available for
comment.

"He's a good reporter for this kind of story," Zakim said. "Jann trusts his
gut and believes that this is the right thing to do."

Glass was fired from The New Republic in 1998 after admitting to
fabricating stories for that magazine and others where he freelanced. This
spring, Simon & Schuster published a novel by Glass, The Fabulist, an
autobiographical -- but invented -- account of his rise and fall at The New
Republic.