‘A discreet orgy’: A timely TV series focuses on women’s treatment in 1960s newsrooms

Sad!

Margaret Sullivan writes for the Washington Post:

When Harry Waters came to Newsweek magazine in 1962, “it was a discreet orgy,” he later told journalist Lynn Povich. When he interviewed, his editor described the perks: “The best part of the job is that you get to screw the researchers.”

The researchers, of course, were young women. The reporters and editors were men.

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).
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