斯蒂芬•格拉斯(海登•克里斯滕森饰)95年从宾西法尼亚大学毕业后,加入了具有90年悠久历史、在美国颇有影响力的、以刊登政治和社会评论著称的杂志《新共和》。由于总能采集到新奇的选题、写出有趣的文章,他很快便得到大家的赏识。一天,新上任的主编查尔斯•雷恩(彼得•萨森加德饰)发现斯蒂芬•格拉斯所有的文章都是杜撰出来的,一切的名声与文采飞扬都如玻璃般脆弱,《新共和》面临揭开真相的关头。This film tells the true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass (Christensen), who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at "The New Republic" for three years (1995-1998), where 27 of his 41 published stories were either partially or completely made up. Looking for a short cut to fame, Glass concocted sources, quotes and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever, and eventually, his world came crumbling down...