“The Intercept recently discovered a pattern of deception in the actions of a staff member. The employee, Juan Thompson, was a staff reporter from November 2014 until last month. Thompson fabricated several quotes in his stories and created fake email accounts that he used to impersonate people, one of which was a Gmail account in my name.”
https://theintercept.com/2016/02/02/a-note-to-readers/
More analysis here:
- http://gawker.com/reporter-fabricated-quotes-invented-sources-at-the-int-1756672849
- http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/jayson-blair-calls-intercept-scandal-trainwreck-article-1.2518811