Word: broder
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many reporters and editors, that is a necessary trade-off in order to enjoy the benefits of the profession. "When you decide to become a journalist," says the Post's venerable political reporter and columnist David Broder, "you accept a lot of inhibitions that come with the responsibility of being part of a private business that performs a very important public service...
...beguiling it is to blame what might be called "Lone Star ethics" -- the symbiotic relationship between the freewheeling Texas business establishment and the state's political leadership that has created an environment where only suckers remain squeaky clean. As Washington Post columnist David Broder put it, "The Texas system has ruined more brilliant political figures than larger states such as California and New York have been capable of producing in the postwar period...
...first thing that Broder and the other high-brow members of the Washington elite overlook when they condemn talk radio is the fact that there really are many informative programs out there. Just last week, Yale professor Paul Kennedy could be heard pushing his book, The Rise and Fall of Great Powers, on three different talk-radio programs...
Appearances by guests like Kennedy accomplish two things, which Broder and the other talk-radio bashers neglect. The common man, who normally has no access to a expert like Kennedy, gets the opportunity to engage in dialogue with the Yale prof. And the Yale prof, usually surrounded by Ivy-League academics, is able to hear what the general public thinks of his book...
...critics also fail to mention that they themselves often make the rounds on the talk show circuit. Broder, who supported the legislators in their attempt to get a raise, is frequently heard on The Larry King Show. While the pay-raise controversy raged, legislators could also be heard on the shows they later condemned...