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Friday, February 1, 2008

'NYT' reporter mad -- at 'NYT'

As I know all too well, authors of books (I have written nine of them) are notoriously touchy about "unfair" reviews. So imagine how David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer winner for The New York Times, felt when he learned that he was going to get a pan this coming Sunday -- in his own paper. At E&P, Joe Strupp offers an exclusive on Johnson's protest letter to the Times:
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003705764

2 comments:

boog said...

Chait's review of Johnston echos critics of Chomsky. It is not clear that Chait has actually read, or understood the subject of his review. He seems to be critiquing a total distortion of Johnston's positions. I see this quite frequently coming from pathological ideologues whose delusional framework allows zero recognition of easily ascertainable facts. They either must ignore reality, or experience facts as a personal attack.

Anonymous said...

As a book reviewer (www.writingdoctor.typepad.com), I found Chait's review of Johnston's FREE LUNCH a deliberate distortion of the book and what it had to offer the reader. Surely, FREE LUNCH is neither "Naderite" nor "left-wing populist" as Chait maintains but is a clear picture of the greedy dog-eat-dog manipulations eroding our society today. Johnston sees clearly as he depicts the behind-the-scene machinations of the powerful. FREE LUNCH should be required reading for all of us before we enter the voting booth.