What? No photoshop of Brandon with a big, handlebar Stalin mustache?
Michael Straight
New Republic editor Michael Whitney Straight (1948 to 1956) was later discovered to be a spy for the KGB, recruited into the same network as Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, and Anthony Blunt.
Ruth Shalit plagiarism In 1995, writer Ruth Shalit was fired for repeated incidents of plagiarism and an excess of factual errors in her articles.
Stephen Glass scandal In 1998, features writer Stephen Glass was revealed in a Forbes Digital investigation to have fabricated a story called “Hack Heaven”. A TNR investigation found that most of Glass’s stories had used or been based on fabricated information.
Lee Siegel: In 2006, long-time contributor, critic, and senior editor Lee Siegel, who had maintained a blog on the TNR site dedicated primarily to art and culture, was revealed by an investigation to have collaborated in posting comments to his own blog under an alias aggressively praising Siegel, attacking his critics and claiming not to be Lee Siegel when challenged by an anonymous detractor on his blog.
And on, and on....