What I'm saying is if you fire him, some of these people will leave. I don't know if we'd...
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Lewis Estridge:
[talking privately in the break room]
All I'm suggesting is that there might be facets of this that you're not considering. Chuck Lane:
Why are you defending him? Lewis Estridge:
Nobody is defending him, Chuck. Chuck Lane:
Of course you're defending him. Lewis Estridge:
He's a kid. Chuck Lane:
He doctored his notes, Lew. Just consider that for a second, you know? He sat down, and he hand-wrote a bunch of phony quotes, and then he handed them in as source material for the fact-check. Doesn't that offend you? Lewis Estridge:
Of course it does. Chuck Lane:
He also lied to his editor. That's supposed to offend you, too. Lewis Estridge:
He's a confused, distraught kid, obviously, Chuck. So suspend him for a couple of months, but let's not bury him. Chuck Lane:
[Shaking his head]
Suspend him. Lewis Estridge:
There are also political considerations to take into account here. The rest of the staff, the way they feel about him. Chuck Lane:
I... I already know all that. Lewis Estridge:
What I'm saying is if you fire him, some of these people will leave. I don't know if we'd still have a magazine at the end of the day
[talking privately in the break room]
All I'm suggesting is that there might be facets of this that you're not considering. Chuck Lane:
Why are you defending him? Lewis Estridge:
Nobody is defending him, Chuck. Chuck Lane:
Of course you're defending him. Lewis Estridge:
He's a kid. Chuck Lane:
He doctored his notes, Lew. Just consider that for a second, you know? He sat down, and he hand-wrote a bunch of phony quotes, and then he handed them in as source material for the fact-check. Doesn't that offend you? Lewis Estridge:
Of course it does. Chuck Lane:
He also lied to his editor. That's supposed to offend you, too. Lewis Estridge:
He's a confused, distraught kid, obviously, Chuck. So suspend him for a couple of months, but let's not bury him. Chuck Lane:
[Shaking his head]
Suspend him. Lewis Estridge:
There are also political considerations to take into account here. The rest of the staff, the way they feel about him. Chuck Lane:
I... I already know all that. Lewis Estridge:
What I'm saying is if you fire him, some of these people will leave. I don't know if we'd still have a magazine at the end of the day
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And I know that he's been late
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The poor guy's been driving me around everywhere
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Deserved an award for taking care of me
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I'm not exactly you know low maintenance
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Instead
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he is getting fired
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Um that's not gonna happen
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Well not if I tell whoever I need to what's going on
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No it's not what I mean
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What I mean is I'm not gonna let that happen
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This is my fault
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I cannot let him lose his job
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Marisol it would be a whole lot worse
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Movie Summary
The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.
Actors
Lewis Estridge
Charles 'chuck' Lane
