Adam L. Penenberg is an investigative journalist best known for uncovering the journalistic fraud of The New Republic reporter Stephen Glass in 1998. At the time, he was a journalist working for Forbes magazine's online Web publication. A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... Cover from the August 30th, 2004 issue. ... Stephen Glass was a reporter for The New Republic magazine during the late 1990s. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... For the Boston Brahmin family of John Forbes Kerry, see Forbes family. ...
As of 2005, Penenberg is an assistant professor of Journalism at New York University. He is also a freelance writer for the New York Times, Forbes, Wired News and Playboy publications. He recently finished a novel called Tragic Indifference: One Man's Battle With the Auto Industry Over the Dangers of SUVs, which is currently being made into a movie. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... A professor is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Wired magazine is a full-color monthly magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993. ... Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ...
Penenberg tracks Ford's Explorer stability problems back to a May 1987 engineers' report; he digs back to the 1988 Bridgestone-Firestone merger -- and a subsequent aggressive cost- cutting spree that reduced the amount of rubber in each tire -- to find the root of the ATX and Wilderness tires' fatal flaws.
Penenberg fills the narrative with rich, detailed characters: safety advocates and car investigators, victims and executives, lawyers and journalists.
As is evident from the book's subtitle, however, the real hero in Penenberg's tale is not Bailey, the bed-bound victim whose case cracked the industry, but Turner, who comes off as a prince among sharp-toothed plaintiffs' attorneys.
PENENBERG: I was drawn to it because of the lawyer I write about, Tab Turner (ph), because I have a real admiration for people who are willing to go as far as they can to make corporate America responsible for the products that they make.
PENENBERG: At the time, he had something -- over the course of that summer, his case load exploded to almost 200 cases that he was joining at the same time -- the vast majority of Ford Explorer and Firestone tire cases.
AdamPenenberg is the author of "Tragic Indifference." It's nice to have you.
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