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Category Archives: Journalism
WP: Evan Wright, unflinching author of ‘Generation Kill,’ dies at 59
The Washington Post reports: Evan Wright, a modern-day gonzo journalist who embedded with an elite U.S. Marine battalion in Iraq for prizewinning articles that were published in Rolling Stone and grew into the book and HBO miniseries “Generation Kill,” died … Continue reading
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Journalism’s “Crazy Old Aunt” Helen Thomas and Paradigm Repair
Elizabeth Blanks Hindman and Ryan J. Thomas published April 18, 2013: Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas abruptly retired in summer 2010 after she gave unscripted remarks widely perceived to be anti-Semitic. This case study applies paradigm repair and attribution … Continue reading
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So how did the three books on the Biden administration deal with his decline?
Christian Lorentzen writes for the July 18, 2024 London Review of Books about the three books that have come out on the Biden administration: The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden’s White House and the Struggle for America’s Future by Franklin … Continue reading
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I Wish The News Media Had Given Joe Biden As Much Scrutiny As An NFL Coach
Imagine if the New York Times and company had covered Joe Biden’s mental acuity with as much scrutiny as the media gave former Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry in his declining years? The Chicago Tribune published Nov. 6, 1988: The … Continue reading
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WP Op/Ed: How the media sleepwalked into Biden’s debate disaster
Megan McCardle writes July 11, 2024 in the Washington Post: [M]ainstream outlets did report on the president’s age, even if too gently. Why were we so gentle? Well, there’s a broad journalistic norm against picking on physical characteristics (which is … Continue reading
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