2. He who pays the piper, I'm reliably told, calls the tunes. In other words: the bourgeoisie own the means of production
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3. "I think it would be fun to run a newspaper." Charles Foster Kane said. And it was, for a while.
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4. And it is fun to work for a rich man who is freely throwing around his cash. I was in the employ of Conrad Black in his salad days.
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5. The problem, of course, is that if you take a rich man's money, you have to tolerate a rich man's peccadilloes.
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6. If you took Martin Peretz's money, you have to turn a blind eye to his various bigotries (or worse, service them).
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7. If you take John R. MacArthur's money, you have to work with his digital media framework.
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8. If you take Charles Foster Kane's money, you better be ready to praise his wife's singing.
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@jledbetter All money comes with strings attached. Hard to make a universal rule as to which strings are the worst.1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes -
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11. Absolutely agree with
@jledbetter: all money comes with strings. So it's important to always be clear on what those strings are.3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
12. On the Hughes & New Republic front, some guarded optimism might be in order.
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13. The New Republic, which I've been reading for one third of its history, has a checkered history, with moments of distinction & shame.
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14. Under Peretz, TNR published great & interesting articles but also, as
@tanehisicoates & others remind us, shameful stuff as well.1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes - Show replies
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