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mouse from merced
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The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 23, 2013 - 06:45am PT
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Hue, Tradman. As in Way.
I read Dispatches and Rumors and tons of other stuff. The tenor of this last decade's reporting is just pathetic, geared to soft-pedal the gov't line, whatever the hell that is.
Here's the Nixon enemies list, just the media, from 1973. I believe this is the first list of two lists (one revised) revealed a few months apart in 1973...
I don't know how much of this list is due to reporting on the war, or how much is due to campaign shenanigans.
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Jack Anderson, columnist, "Washington Merry-Go-Round"
Media
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Jim Bishop, author, columnist, King Features Syndicate
Media
66
Thomas Braden, columnist, Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Media
67
D.J.R. Bruckner, Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Media
68
Marquis Childs, chief Washington correspondent, St. Louis Post Dispatch
Media
69
James Deakin, White House Correspondent, St. Louis Post Dispatch
Media
70
James Doyle, Washington Star
Media
71
Richard Dudman, St. Louis Post Dispatch
Media
72
William Eaton, Chicago Daily News
Media
73
Rowland Evans, Jr., syndicated columnist, Publishers Hall
Media
74
Saul Friedmann, Knight Newspapers, syndicated columnist
Media
75
layton Fritchey, syndicated columnist, Washington correspondent, Harpers
Media
76
George Frazier, Boston Globe
Media
77
Pete Hamill, New York Post
Media
78
Michael Harrington, author and journalist; Member, Executive Comm. Socialist party
Media
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Sydney Harris, columnist, drama critic and writer of 'Strictly Personal,' syndicated Publishers Hall
Media
80
Robert Healy, Boston Globe
Media
81
William Hines, Jr., journalist; science and education, Chicago Sun Times
Media
82
Stanley Karnow, foreign correspondent, Washington Post
Media
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Ted Knap, syndicated columnist, New York Daily News
Media
84
Edwin Knoll, Progressive
Media
85
Morton Kondracke, Chicago Sun Times
Media
86
Joseph Kraft, syndicated columnist, Publishers Hall
Media
87
James Laird, Philadelphia Inquirer
Media
88
Max Lerner, syndicated columnist, New York Post; author, lecturer, professor.
Media
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Stanley Levey, Scripps Howard
Media
90
Flora Lewis, syndicated columnist on economics
Media
91
Stuart Loory, Los Angeles Times
Media
92
Mary McGrory, syndicated columnist on New Left
Media
93
Frank Mankiewicz, syndicated columnist, Los Angeles Times
Media
94
James Millstone, St. Louis Post Dispatch
Media
95
Martin Nolan, Boston Globe
Media
96
Ed Guthman, L.A. Times
Media
97
Thomas O'Neill, Baltimore Sun
Media
98
John Pierson, Wall Street Journal
Media
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William Prochnau, Seattle Times
Media
100
James Reston, New York Times
Media
101
Carl Rowan, syndicated columnist, Publishers Hall
Media
102
Warren Unna, Washington Post, NET
Media
103
Harriet Van Horne, columnist, New York Post
Media
104
Milton Viorst, reporter, author, writer
Media
105
James Wechsler, New York Post
Media
106
Tom Wicker, New York Times
Media
107
Gary Wills, syndicated columnist, author of "Nixon-Agonistes."
Media
108
The New York Times
Media
109
Washington Post
Media
110
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Media
111
Jules Duscha, Washingtonian
Media
112
Robert Manning, Editor Atlantic
Media
113
John Osborne, New Republic
Media
114
Richard Rovere, New Yorker
Media
115
Robert Sherrill, Nation
Media
116
Paul Samuelson, Newsweek
Media
117
Julian Goodman, Chief Executive Officer, NBC
Media
118
John Macy, Jr., Pres., Public Broadcasting Corporation; former Civil Service Comm.
Media
119
Marvin Kalb, CBS
Media
120
Daniel Schorr, CBS
Media
121
Lem Tucker, NBC
Media
122
Sander Vanocur, NBC
Media
123
Carol Channing, actress.
Celebrities
124
Bill Cosby, actor.
Celebrities
125
Jane Fonda, actress.
Celebrities.
Nor do I know who all these folks are, or whether they are photojournalists or not. I just know things are not the same. Embedded journalists are muzzled journalists. We ought to agree on that, surely.
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healyje
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Portland, Oregon
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Feb 23, 2013 - 07:12am PT
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Folks were on those lists for a variety of reasons - most perceived slights, insults, or threats - others relative to stands against the war. They were reminiscent of J. Edgar's lists.
Above posters are all correct - media acquiescing to embedding, media becoming components of larger corporate conglomerates, reduced funding of news organizations, and news now often being rated as entertainment as opposed to news. There has also been an upswing in the murders of journalists worldwide.
And with the advent of the Internet and blurring of lines between professional and citizen journalists, governments and dictators now view almost anyone as a potential threat and as a result press credentials just don't carry the same protective weight as they once did.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2013 - 07:42am PT
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I remember that vulture child shot winning the pulitzer. I was an aspireing photojournalist at the time and followed those sort of things. The bang bang club was quite the bunch. I never realized how much being white allowed those guys to work at the time. Watching the movie educated me on that aspect of it. The climate is way harsher now for western journalists these days. Read the photo credits for what is getting published from the middle east now and you will rarely see western names. The work climate for westerners is simply too dangerous.
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healyje
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Portland, Oregon
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Feb 23, 2013 - 10:05am PT
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I was a photojournalist - so very, very happy to not be one. I personally don't need or want that imagery in my head or life anymore so it's not all that hard for me to understand why we don't see much of it in our media.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 23, 2013 - 11:50am PT
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Item from the link provided by Loose Rocks.
Dynamite images, no kidding.
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