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The author's wiki page says she "was an American journalist and radio broadcaster. She was the first American journalist to be expelled from Nazi Germany in 193
by yesenadam 5y ago
The author's wiki page says she "was an American journalist and radio broadcaster. She was the first American journalist to be expelled from Nazi Germany in 1934 and was one of the few women news commentators on radio during the 1930s. Thompson is regarded by some as the "First Lady of American Journalism" and was recognized by Time magazine in 1939 as equal in influence to Eleanor Roosevelt."
"While working in Munich, Thompson met and interviewed Adolf Hitler for the first time in 1931. This would be the basis for her subsequent book, I Saw Hitler, in which she wrote about the dangers of him winning power in Germany. Thompson described Hitler in the following terms: "He is formless, almost faceless, a man whose countenance is a caricature, a man whose framework seems cartilaginous, without bones. He is inconsequent and voluble, ill poised and insecure. He is the very prototype of the little man." ...The Nazis considered both the book and her articles offensive and, in August 1934, Thompson was expelled from Germany."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Thompson
- aSimplePlanner 5y ago"Thompson is regarded by some as the "First Lady of American Journalism" and was recognized by Time magazine in 1939" Time Magazine made Hitler man of the year in 1938 and Stalin in 1939.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year#1930s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year#1930s
- yesenadam 5y agoI'm not sure what your point is...?
- krapp 5y agoA lot of effort is being put forth in this thread to discredit the article and its author. It's weird how defensive an article from the 1940s about actual, literal, card-carry big-N Nazis is making people.
- Mediterraneo10 5y agoTime Magazine's "person of the year" was about running a feature on a figure who had a significant impact on the world recently, not necessarily about celebrating and approving of said figure.
- aSimplePlanner 5y agoNo, it's an overtly positive promotion of the winner for the year; hence, Gandhi 1930, Churchill 1940, Eisenhower 44 , George H Bush in 04 etc..
- Mediterraneo10 5y agoNo, as Time magazine itself puts it: it is a person that "for better or worse [my emphasis added], has most influenced events in the preceding year."
- aSimplePlanner 5y agoYou're clutching at straws by denying my assertion above. Wiki: Controversial choices: Despite the magazine's frequent statements to the contrary, the designation is often regarded as an honor, and spoken of as an award or prize, simply based on many previous selections of admirable people.[9]
- Mediterraneo10 5y agoIndeed, as your wiki citation notes, “Despite the magazine's frequent statements to the contrary...”, so such interpretations as your own are mistaken.
- aSimplePlanner 5y agoPlease keep contradicting me as it just exposes your ignorance.
- dukeyukey 5y ago