Journalism, Politics in America “There is an idealistic and a cynical reason for automatic equivalence in political reporting” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 September 2016 There is an idealistic and a cynical reason for automatic equivalence in political reporting....
Journalism, News Media, Newspapers, Politics in America “…the national press is undoubtedly cosmopolitan in its outlook…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 August 2016 I have worked in a number of newsrooms, and I know writers and editors...
Journalism, Politics in America “It’s not that we shouldn’t have covered Trump’s craziness, but that we should have aggressively provided context in the form of fact checks and robust examination of policy proposals” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 May 2016 Although many of us journalists have derided Trump, the truth is that he generally...
Literature “Britain’s pagan religions and the stories that form their liturgy never really disappeared…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 April 2016 Britain’s pagan religions and the stories that form their liturgy never really disappeared, the...
Journalism, News Media, Politics in America, Television “Our first big failing was that television in particular handed Trump the microphone without adequately fact-checking him or rigorously examining his background, in a craven symbiosis that boosted audiences for both” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 April 2016 Those of us in the news media have sometimes blamed Donald Trump’s rise on...
Writing “What’s the point of a reviewer in an age when everyone reviews?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 March 2016 What’s the point of a reviewer in an age when everyone reviews? A common...
Journalism, Politics in America “The American party system is not only a creation of the press; it is dependent on it” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 March 2016 The American party system is not only a creation of the press; it is...
Journalism, Politics in America “Revolutions in communication tend to pull the people away from the élites” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 February 2016 Revolutions in communication tend to pull the people away from the élites. (The printing...
Literature “Maybe a world not fixated on atonement and moral imperatives is more conducive to a rousing tale” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 February 2016 In Scotland, Bateman, in turn, suggests the difference between the countries may be that...
Journalism, Politics in America “The American two-party system is a creation of the press” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 February 2016 The American two-party system is a creation of the press. “The idea of a...