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James Franco, Jonah Hill Matched up for Murder? Director Rupert Goold Explains

True Story is just that: the real-life story of a journalist who meets with a criminal to understand his crime and write a book about the experience. In one corner is Michael Finkel, a former star journalist for The New York Times who gets fired after stretching the truth in a magazine cover story. And ...

By  |  April 14, 2015

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Lies, Illusions & Murder: A Look at True Story

Journalist Michael Finkel had a promising career ahead of him when he started at the New York Times Magazine, although his future was soon shattered by his own mistakes. Finkel was caught fabricating elements of his feature story “Is Youssouf Malé a Slave?” which looked at the life of the young, titular laborer on a cocoa ...

By  |  April 7, 2015