Lynn Hirschberg is an American journalist who has written for Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and The New York Times.
The Screen Tests were a series of short black and white videos featuring close ups of celebrities answering questions Hirschberg had posed.
The article contained six factual errors, in addition to misrepresenting the medical implications of Love's past heroin usage,[2] but it caused Cobain to be removed from the care of her parents by child protective services shortly after her birth while an investigation was launched.
It is also credited for unfairly turning public opinion against Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain for years to come, as well as incurring enormous legal fees from them.
[8] In the piece she contrasted the rapper's luxurious lifestyle with her political viewpoints in unflattering ways, leading to criticism from M.I.A.