Friday, June 05, 2009

How Washington journalism works

Marvin Kalb used to work for CBS news. Now he's at Harvard thinking deep thoughts and hectoring the public about the need for strong, independent, journalism. He still shows up on TV sometimes as a media wise man and moral lodestar.

That's what makes this Jack Shafer piece so delicious.

The Unbearable Closeness of Kalb and Kissinger

Why did Marvin Kalb ask Henry Kissinger's help in finding a new publisher for his Kissinger book?

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