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If they resigned, how were they "purged"? The real New Republic purge happened in 1974. Goodbye articles on Ralph Nader and consumer auto safety, hello articl
by pastProlog 12y ago
If they resigned, how were they "purged"?
The real New Republic purge happened in 1974. Goodbye articles on Ralph Nader and consumer auto safety, hello articles supporting Contra attacks on the elected left-wing Nicaraguan government etc.
This magazine has fallen to 50,000 paid subscribers. The New Republic had become a sinecure for self-important blowhards with no name recognition, and Hughes is clearing the decks. I mean, people like Michael Moore write for The Nation, Mother Jones broke the Romney 47% comments, what has the New Republic been known for in past decades other than Stephen Glass scandals or Bell Curve black/white genetic intelligence articles?
Hughes is reversing a decline which began 40 years ago. These bloviating fossils are not good for much other than biting the hand which fed their sinecures, and getting their sour grapes into rival publications.
- jbob2000 12y agoAs a gawker headline put it; "White Men Upset Wrong White Man Placed in Charge of White-Man Magazine"
- TillE 12y agoI visited TNR exclusively for Julia Ioffe's reporting.
- justathrow2k 12y agoAnd that's sad, because race has nothing to do with any of this.
- untog 12y agoIt does, though. When your writers cannot speak to the life experience of a percentage of the US population, it isn't representative of the country.
- sunnylogin 12y agoWhat are you talking about? The New Republic caters to a very specific audience, I didn't realize there was something wrong with that. The magazine never needed to represent the country just the readership. Does this also mean Telemundo is irrelevant because it doesn't speak to the life experience of a majority in the country? so stupid....
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- tw04 12y agoIt's gawker, what were you expecting?
- bruceb 12y agoBrother Mouzone would beg to differ http://thewire.wikia.com/wiki/Brother_Mouzone http://thewire.wikia.com/wiki/Brother_Mouzone
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- sunnylogin 12y agoWhat a ridiculous headline. Then again I wouldn't expect any less from Gawker.
- briandear 12y agoI wouldn't call the hypocrite Michael Moore an asset to any publication. Unless it's a publication about buying mansions and eating cheeseburgers.