27. Also: to be as dismissive of diversity issues is to do an injustice to @FranklinFoer, who made important outreach on race & gender.
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28. There's at least two ways to look at this issue: to focus on elite figures (Peretz, Hughes) or to look at black readers/writers.
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29. InTNR piece, I tried to broaden & deepen debate between Chait & TNC by looking at history from 1914 & also role of black writers in TNR
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30. About supposed "cynicism" motivating article: if TNR has a future it needs to win back trust of black readers it lost. Is that cynical?
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31. You want cynicism? Read this Michael Kinsley column: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/13/opinion/la-oe-kinsley-palestine-gingrich-20111213 …
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32. Kinsley: "In the 1980s and 1990s I worked at the New Republic, a fervently pro-Zionist publication."
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33. "Many's the night I worked late editing articles I wasn't sure I agreed with offering yet one more reason why a Palestinian state..."
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34. "...was unthinkable." So in order to earn Peretz's pay, Kinsley wrote anti-Palestinian ariticles he didn't believe in.
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35. If we want to talk about cynicism, why not ask Michael Kinsley about the devil's bargain he made with Peretz?
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36. Okay, in sum: magazine people pay attention to black readers/writers, not just rich owners. That's a wrap.
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37. Sorry, to clarify Michael Kinsley point. People pointed out he said the "edited" anti-Palestinian articles, not wrote them. True, but...
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38. New Republic published anti-Palestinian editorials. Kinsley was editor of magazine. As editor he was responsible for those editorials.
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39. As editor, Kinsley put his authority and imprimatur on anti-Palestinian articles and editorials. He has to live with that fact.
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