1. @Sulliview critique of Kinsley's Greenwald review raises interesting question:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/publiceditor/2014/05/27/kinsley-greenwald-and-government-secrets/?_php=true,true&_type=blogs,blogs&smid=tw-share&_r=1 …
3. A book review is a hybrid genre, mixing both reportage and opinion. Reviewers are chosen (ideally) for expertise.
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4. I thought Kinsley's review was shoddy & unconvincing but if you hire MK to review a book you can't start taking out his "sneering"
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5. Readers of a review can be expected to spot ad hominem attacks & illogical arguments, no?
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@HeerJeet BOTH times Sunday NYT reviewed my books, assignment went to people who knew nothing about and were vaguely contemptuous of topics. -
@brianmdoherty I said "ideally" -- reality of course is far from that ideal. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet Pay someone a tiny bit for multiple hours thinking about something they don't care about and don't like, boring sneers result. -
@brianmdoherty Sure, the economics of reviewing is also terrible --
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