O Fer Christsakes, Knock it Off!
Published January 13th, 2006 | 
For the past few days, we have been inundated with this lame news story about James Frey and the alleged embellishments found in his memoir, A Million Little Pieces. Quite frankly, I’m tired of it. The so-called respectable journalists are running this non-story into the ground. And wait — what is this? Now, there is a class action lawsuit pending against Frey and his publisher for “consumer fraud.” You’ve got to be kidding me. As I stated previously, memoir isn’t journalism. Hell, journalism isn’t even journalism anymore. And what if Frey is a liar? The people who bought his book were entertained, were they not? Is the book any less entertaining if it is fiction? If it’s fair to sue Frey, then is it too late for me to sue David Foster Wallace for Infinite Jest and the guy who wrote Bridges of Madison County?
