Question TimeOne Man's Opinion
Yesterday Washington Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli took questions from the newspaper’s readers in a live chat. The questions covered covered Mr. Brauchli’s editorial priorities and the Post‘s direction online, among other things. A few excerpts here.
On where Mr. Brauchli is putting his reporting “firepower”: “…distinctive journalism that matters most to our readers: Read More
Okay, so it’s only your second day back at work. Maybe you haven’t really had your head in at work for a couple months and now that we’re past Labor Day, it’s time to get serious. I agree. But you should really today.
As much as we all make out of the chaos and awesomeness Read More
After Sam Querrey’s second round win, he said he’s “not a huge fan of the scheduling this week.”
And how come? He feels like he–and his fellow Americans–have been snubbed.
“We have a lot of Americans here,” he said. “None of us play on center court. If you go to the French Open, they have Read More
“Nowadays, the Internet and its myriad resources extend to us the mirage of direct action in the form of, among other things, ‘wikiing’ and venting on our Twitter and Tumblr accounts and on all manner of blogs. Nobody is taking to the streets. And so nothing changes. A mighty newspaper publishes an alarming exposé about Read More
New York Times London bureau chief and Pulitzer Prize–winning war reporter John Burns spoke on the radio with Hugh Hewitt yesterday about Michael Hastings’ piece in Rolling Stone.
“My issue is with precise quotes,” Mr. Burns said, “but not with the general trend of the article.” Mr. Burns explained:
There are moments which Read More
“He is a bad and incompetent humor writer, a writer who lacks the basic ability to control his tone and persona. I know no one under 50 who does not hate him because of this, because he is out there constantly soaking the pages of a major national magazine (not a magazine for writers or Read More
Last month, Clay Shirky told The Observer‘s Felix Gillette about his initial addiction to the internet.
“I would get home from the theater at 11 p.m. and stay on the Internet until 4,” he said. “I thought either I could call myself an addict and get myself to quit. Or I could try Read More
Chris Beam profiled New York Times columnist David Brooks for New York this week, and Mr. Brooks comes out looking like the Eeyore of The Times Opinion lineup (“Murderer’s Row”).
“Every column is a failure. I always wish I did something different,” Mr. Brooks told Mr. Beam, whose father Alex Beam writes a Read More
Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff thinks One Madison Park—the debacle of a real estate project profiled in this paper in March—constitutes a “dazzling addition to a street that includes two of the city’s most celebrated skyscrapers: Pierre LeBrun’s 1909 Metropolitan Life tower, across the street, and Daniel Burnham’s 1903 Flatiron building, a half block Read More
The Morning News‘ Robert Birnbaum interviewed David Remnick recently, and published an unabridged transcript of their talk. It is really fantastic. A few excerpts here.
Mr. Remnick on Slate:
“Michael [Kinsley] invented one of the first really good, uh, call it a magazine, paper, whatever—I guess paper is not the word we should use … It’s Read More
