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A quotation from Henry Commager
A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom
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When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 203 (1955)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/81117/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #acceptability #acquiescence #cowardice #cowardliness #fashion #fear #respectability #socialcontract #socialill #timidity #weakness
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I believe that it is better even from the point of view of survival to fight and be conquered than to surrender without fighting.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 6, Such, Such Were the Joys, essay 8 (1953)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81016/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgeorwell #orwell #spanishcivilwar #acquiescence #fighting #resistance #struggling #surrender #survival #acceptance
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I believe that it is better even from the point of view of survival to fight and be conquered than to surrender without fighting.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 6, Such, Such Were the Joys, essay 8 (1953)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81016/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgeorwell #orwell #spanishcivilwar #acquiescence #fighting #resistance #struggling #surrender #survival #acceptance
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I believe that it is better even from the point of view of survival to fight and be conquered than to surrender without fighting.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 6, Such, Such Were the Joys, essay 8 (1953)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81016/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgeorwell #orwell #spanishcivilwar #acquiescence #fighting #resistance #struggling #surrender #survival #acceptance
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1943-08-13), “My Day”Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/27…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #bystander #disinterest #evil #injustice #karma #neutrality #passivity #standingby #uninvolvement #wrongdoing #complicity #acquiescence
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1943-08-13), “My Day”Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/27…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #bystander #disinterest #evil #injustice #karma #neutrality #passivity #standingby #uninvolvement #wrongdoing #complicity #acquiescence
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1943-08-13), “My Day”Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/27…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #bystander #disinterest #evil #injustice #karma #neutrality #passivity #standingby #uninvolvement #wrongdoing #complicity #acquiescence
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1943-08-13), “My Day”Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/27…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #bystander #disinterest #evil #injustice #karma #neutrality #passivity #standingby #uninvolvement #wrongdoing #complicity #acquiescence
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He won over the ignorant masses with shows, building projects, largesses, and banquets. His followers he bound to him by rewards, his opponents by an apparent clemency. In short, he succeeded in bringing a free country, partly because of its fear, partly because of its passivity, to an acceptance of servitude.
[Muneribus, monumentis, congiariis, epulis multitudinem imperitam delenierat; suos praemiis, adversarios clementiae specie devinxerat. Quid multa? Attulerat iam liberae civitati partim metu partim patientia consuetudinem serviendi.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 45 / sec. 116 (2.45/2.116) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Berry (2006)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #juliuscaesar #acquiescence #breadandcircuses #freedom #masses #passivity #politicalpower #populace #power #rewards #servitude
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He won over the ignorant masses with shows, building projects, largesses, and banquets. His followers he bound to him by rewards, his opponents by an apparent clemency. In short, he succeeded in bringing a free country, partly because of its fear, partly because of its passivity, to an acceptance of servitude.
[Muneribus, monumentis, congiariis, epulis multitudinem imperitam delenierat; suos praemiis, adversarios clementiae specie devinxerat. Quid multa? Attulerat iam liberae civitati partim metu partim patientia consuetudinem serviendi.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 45 / sec. 116 (2.45/2.116) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Berry (2006)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #juliuscaesar #acquiescence #breadandcircuses #freedom #masses #passivity #politicalpower #populace #power #rewards #servitude
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He won over the ignorant masses with shows, building projects, largesses, and banquets. His followers he bound to him by rewards, his opponents by an apparent clemency. In short, he succeeded in bringing a free country, partly because of its fear, partly because of its passivity, to an acceptance of servitude.
[Muneribus, monumentis, congiariis, epulis multitudinem imperitam delenierat; suos praemiis, adversarios clementiae specie devinxerat. Quid multa? Attulerat iam liberae civitati partim metu partim patientia consuetudinem serviendi.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 45 / sec. 116 (2.45/2.116) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Berry (2006)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #juliuscaesar #acquiescence #breadandcircuses #freedom #masses #passivity #politicalpower #populace #power #rewards #servitude
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Whatever you do, don’t give up. Because all you can do once you’ve given up is bitch.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1973-01), “Pitfalls of Reporting in the Lone Star State,” Houston Journalism ReviewSourcing, notes: wist.info/ivins-molly/76698/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #acquiescence #bitching #complain #giveup #struggle #surrender
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The U.S. Senate is really ready to be giving up all their power? Can we not rely on them to be a little greedy for their own power? Acquiescing to the President can make them just a rubber stamp, like the russian duma, and effectively powerless.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/gop-trump-republicans-senate-gaetz-rfk-scary.html#senate #senators #confirmations #nominees #acquiescence #surrender #political #power #politics #USpol #government #governance #polisci
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The U.S. Senate is really ready to be giving up all their power? Can we not rely on them to be a little greedy for their own power? Acquiescing to the President can make them just a rubber stamp, like the russian duma, and effectively powerless.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/gop-trump-republicans-senate-gaetz-rfk-scary.html#senate #senators #confirmations #nominees #acquiescence #surrender #political #power #politics #USpol #government #governance #polisci
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Legendary journalists #BobWoodward & #CarlBernstein slammed The #WashingtonPost Friday night in a joint statement over the newspaper’s decision not to endorse a White House candidate in 2024.
#WoodwardAndBernstein, who broke the #Watergate scandal while reporting for #WaPo issued a statement to CNN’s Brian Stelter Friday.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence
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Legendary journalists #BobWoodward & #CarlBernstein slammed The #WashingtonPost Friday night in a joint statement over the newspaper’s decision not to endorse a White House candidate in 2024.
#WoodwardAndBernstein, who broke the #Watergate scandal while reporting for #WaPo issued a statement to CNN’s Brian Stelter Friday.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence
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“Under Jeff #Bezos's ownership, the #WashingtonPost's news operation has used its abundant resources to rigorously investigate the danger & damage a second #Trump presidency could cause to the future of American #democracy & that makes this decision even more surprising & disappointing, especially this late in the electoral process."
- #BobWoodward & #CarlBernstein
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“Under Jeff #Bezos's ownership, the #WashingtonPost's news operation has used its abundant resources to rigorously investigate the danger & damage a second #Trump presidency could cause to the future of American #democracy & that makes this decision even more surprising & disappointing, especially this late in the electoral process."
- #BobWoodward & #CarlBernstein
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from #BobWoodward & #CarlBernstein:
“We respect the traditional independence of the #editorial page, but this decision 11 days out from the 2024 presidential #election ignores the #WashingtonPost's own overwhelming reportorial evidence on the threat Donald #Trump poses to #democracy.
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#Bezos #democracy #WoodwardAndBernstein #journalism #FourthEstate #acquiescence
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from #BobWoodward & #CarlBernstein:
“We respect the traditional independence of the #editorial page, but this decision 11 days out from the 2024 presidential #election ignores the #WashingtonPost's own overwhelming reportorial evidence on the threat Donald #Trump poses to #democracy.
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#Bezos #democracy #WoodwardAndBernstein #journalism #FourthEstate #acquiescence
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…”The most serious allegation…is that #SoonShiong & #Bezos are trying to hedge their bets out of fear that their business interests could be harmed during a 2nd #Trump presidency. Soon-Shiong, who made his fortune as a biopharmaceutical innovator, is working on new drugs that would…require #FDA approval. #Amazon faces an #antitrust lawsuit, brought last year by the #Biden admin, that will take yrs to litigate or settle.”
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…”The most serious allegation…is that #SoonShiong & #Bezos are trying to hedge their bets out of fear that their business interests could be harmed during a 2nd #Trump presidency. Soon-Shiong, who made his fortune as a biopharmaceutical innovator, is working on new drugs that would…require #FDA approval. #Amazon faces an #antitrust lawsuit, brought last year by the #Biden admin, that will take yrs to litigate or settle.”
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Another major editor, Marcus Brauchli – who from 2008 to 2012 preceded Baron as #WashingtonPost‘s executive editor, & edited The WSJ before that – offered his own eviscerating criticism of #Bezos’ decision in a statement to the Beast: “There are perfectly good reasons a newspaper might give for not endorsing a presidential candidate.
“The Post didn’t offer any, & its timing was awful & looks, whatever the reasoning, #gutless or #craven.“
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Another major editor, Marcus Brauchli – who from 2008 to 2012 preceded Baron as #WashingtonPost‘s executive editor, & edited The WSJ before that – offered his own eviscerating criticism of #Bezos’ decision in a statement to the Beast: “There are perfectly good reasons a newspaper might give for not endorsing a presidential candidate.
“The Post didn’t offer any, & its timing was awful & looks, whatever the reasoning, #gutless or #craven.“
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Another major editor, Marcus Brauchli – who from 2008 to 2012 preceded Baron as #WashingtonPost‘s executive editor, & edited The WSJ before that – offered his own eviscerating criticism of #Bezos’ decision in a statement to the Beast: “There are perfectly good reasons a newspaper might give for not endorsing a presidential candidate.
“The Post didn’t offer any, & its timing was awful & looks, whatever the reasoning, #gutless or #craven.“
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Another major editor, Marcus Brauchli – who from 2008 to 2012 preceded Baron as #WashingtonPost‘s executive editor, & edited The WSJ before that – offered his own eviscerating criticism of #Bezos’ decision in a statement to the Beast: “There are perfectly good reasons a newspaper might give for not endorsing a presidential candidate.
“The Post didn’t offer any, & its timing was awful & looks, whatever the reasoning, #gutless or #craven.“
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Another major editor, Marcus Brauchli – who from 2008 to 2012 preceded Baron as #WashingtonPost‘s executive editor, & edited The WSJ before that – offered his own eviscerating criticism of #Bezos’ decision in a statement to the Beast: “There are perfectly good reasons a newspaper might give for not endorsing a presidential candidate.
“The Post didn’t offer any, & its timing was awful & looks, whatever the reasoning, #gutless or #craven.“
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Maraniss said: “I find this contemptible. #MartyBaron is right. This is an act not of benign neutrality but of #cowardice in the face of the biggest challenge to #democracy in our post-WWII lifetimes.
“#BenBradlee, ten years dead, is mightily p---ed in his grave.”
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo #WashingtonPost
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Maraniss said: “I find this contemptible. #MartyBaron is right. This is an act not of benign neutrality but of #cowardice in the face of the biggest challenge to #democracy in our post-WWII lifetimes.
“#BenBradlee, ten years dead, is mightily p---ed in his grave.”
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo #WashingtonPost
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Maraniss said: “I find this contemptible. #MartyBaron is right. This is an act not of benign neutrality but of #cowardice in the face of the biggest challenge to #democracy in our post-WWII lifetimes.
“#BenBradlee, ten years dead, is mightily p---ed in his grave.”
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo #WashingtonPost
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Maraniss said: “I find this contemptible. #MartyBaron is right. This is an act not of benign neutrality but of #cowardice in the face of the biggest challenge to #democracy in our post-WWII lifetimes.
“#BenBradlee, ten years dead, is mightily p---ed in his grave.”
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo #WashingtonPost
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Maraniss said: “I find this contemptible. #MartyBaron is right. This is an act not of benign neutrality but of #cowardice in the face of the biggest challenge to #democracy in our post-WWII lifetimes.
“#BenBradlee, ten years dead, is mightily p---ed in his grave.”
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo #WashingtonPost
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Kagan served as a speechwriter for Secy of State #GeorgeShultz during the #Reagan admin & as an advisor to Sen #JohnMcCain during his 2008 presidential campaign.
In 2016, he left the #Republican party over its nomination of #Trump as its standard bearer & endorsed #HillaryClinton. In Nov 2023, he published an expansive column in the #WashingtonPost under the headline “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending.”
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Kagan served as a speechwriter for Secy of State #GeorgeShultz during the #Reagan admin & as an advisor to Sen #JohnMcCain during his 2008 presidential campaign.
In 2016, he left the #Republican party over its nomination of #Trump as its standard bearer & endorsed #HillaryClinton. In Nov 2023, he published an expansive column in the #WashingtonPost under the headline “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending.”
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Colleagues were said to be "shocked" & uniformly negative. Editor-at-large #RobertKagan, who has been highly critical of #Trump as #autocratic, told NPR he had #resigned from the #EditorialBoard as a consequence.
Fmr #WashingtonPost Executive Editor Martin Baron, who led the newsroom to acclaim during #Trump's presidency, denounced the decision starkly.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo
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Colleagues were said to be "shocked" & uniformly negative. Editor-at-large #RobertKagan, who has been highly critical of #Trump as #autocratic, told NPR he had #resigned from the #EditorialBoard as a consequence.
Fmr #WashingtonPost Executive Editor Martin Baron, who led the newsroom to acclaim during #Trump's presidency, denounced the decision starkly.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo