A Media Reporter Becomes the Story

While tracking down a plagiarist, Deadspin's John Koblin found himself mixed up in the story.

Michael Gluckstadt

It's a journalist's job to report the news. When news happens to a journalist, it's a media reporter's job to report that. Well, what happens when a media reporter becomes the story? That's what happened to Deadspin's John Koblin last month in an item that tore across the internet—or at least Romenesko.