Category Archives: Journalism

Martin Gurri writes: Slouching Toward Post-Journalism: The New York Times and other elite media outlets have openly embraced advocacy over reporting. Traditional newspapers never sold news; they sold an audience to advertisers. To a considerable degree, this commercial imperative determined … Continue reading →

Comments on Steve Sailer: * There is a market for liberal liturgy. Many people, as they get older, especially, find the repetition of familiar words comforting. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it’s better if the words are … Continue reading →

Ira Rosen writes in this 2021 book: * Allan looked at me like I was crazy. “I tuned him [Mike Wallace] out. I didn’t hear any of it. If you are going to listen to everything he says, you will … Continue reading →

Elizabeth Spiers writes: * The malicious journalist thesis is the one that was the hardest on my ocular muscles yesterday. Scott Alexander—the figure at the center of the piece—believes this, and has advanced this theory that the journalist who wrote … Continue reading →

Tom Wolfe wrote in his 2012 novel Back to Blood: People have such a colorful picture of newspaper reporters, don’t they, all these daring types who “break” stories and “uncover” corruption and put themselves in risky situations to get a … Continue reading →