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Jack Shafer
@jackshafer
Politico columnist. I am easily found.
Washington, DCjackshafer.comJoined January 2008

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"The first duty of the press is to obtain the earliest and most correct intelligence of the events of the time, and instantly...
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"The Shark's Parlor," poem by James Dickey, discussed in Chris Buckley's piece about him in the Atlantic.
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Beware of anyone who tells you there are hard and fast writing rules. There are conventions- you can learn to work within or against them. But rules? Nah. As Flannery once said- As a writer you can get away w whatever you can get away w— but nobody’s ever gotten away w much.
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As I discussed with , the Constitution protects ’s publication of the audio: “This is yet another frivolous lawsuit by Donald Trump intended to punish and chill freedom of the press that once again displays his complete misunderstanding of journalism.”
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News outlets are still struggling to cover trump. The latest example: Coverage of the Bob Woodward lawsuit. More in @ReliableSources: cnn.it/3JNmLF9
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OpenAI sells you the model to generate content and the model to detect whether the content was generated. It makes you sick, then sells you the medicine. How can I invest in them?
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