August 8th, 2013
Chris Hughes explaining his vision for TNR, March 9, 2012:
It seems that today too many media institutions chase superficial metrics of online virality at the expense of investing in rigorous reporting and analysis of the most important stories of our time. When few people are investing in media institutions with such bold aims as “enlightenment to the problems of the nation,” I believe we must. . . .
In the next era of The New Republic, we will aggressively adapt to the newest information technologies without sacrificing our commitment to serious journalism. We will look to tell the most important stories in politics and the arts and provide the type of rigorous analysis that The New Republic has been known for. We will ask pressing questions of our leaders, share groundbreaking new ideas, and shed new light on the state of politics and culture.
The New Republic has been and will remain a journal of progressive values, but it will above all aim to appeal to independent thinkers on the left and the right who search for fresh ideas and a deeper understanding of the challenges our world faces.
Julia Ioffe in TNR, August 8, 2013:
Tonight, I went on Lawrence O’Donnell’s show, and Lawrence O’Donnell yelled at me. Or, rather, he O’Reilly’d at me. That O’Donnell interrupted and harangued and mansplained and was generally an angry grandpa at me is not what I take issue with, however. What bothers me is that, look: your producers take the time to find experts to come on the show, answer your questions, and, hopefully, clarify the issue at hand.
I was invited on the show to talk about Obama’s (very wise) decision to cancel his Moscow summit with Putin, about which I wrote here. I am an expert on Russia. In fact, it is how you introduced me: “Previously, she was a Moscow-based correspondent for Foreign Policy and The New Yorker.” I’m not going to toot my own horn here, but I was there for three years, I’m a fluent, native speaker of Russian, and, god damn it, I know my shit.
Which is why I wish you’d let me finish answering your bullshit question . . .
[Giant Snip –ed.]
Otherwise, don’t waste my fucking evening.
From Ioffe’s byline: “Julia Ioffe is a senior editor at The New Republic.”
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From the comments section:
“Ms Ioffe, Julia, if you will: slight sidebar: what the fuck? Which is to ask, why all the fucks and fuckings and shit and others maybe I missed? I’m not offended by your swearing in your prose here but am curious why you do here. It’s a style choice clearly, but what animates it; what pose do you wish to project? Waiting for your answer. Please don’t take too fucking long?”
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Maybe you needed some ManSplainin’ little missy.
Nedward August 11, 2013 at 12:31 am
There is an etailer now owning “First-World Problems” unironically:
http://www.amazon.com/Anker/pages/2528932011/
Being dissed on yakker TV surely counts among the most nettlesome of #overclass #travails