Juan Thompson, working for ‘The Intercept’, was another all-too-common serial fabricator passing himself off as a reporter.  He made up quotes of people he did not speak to or people who likely did not even exist. Thompson went to great lengths to hide his mendacity, such as creating email accounts to help prove the existence of his non-existent sources.

Betsy Reed, his editor at ‘The Intercept’, fired him in February 2016 after ‘a pattern of deception’ became all too apparent to ignore.

In March 2017 Thompson was arrested by the FBI for making bomb threats to Jewish community centers in the U.S. and cyberstalking his ex-girlfriend. In December 2017 he was sentenced to 5 years in prison and 3 years of supervised release.

Source: Disgraced Former Journalist…, ABC News, 2017.  Graphic: Juan Thompson, Warren County Sheriff’s Department via AP Photo.