Word: newfield
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...sure to attract reader interest. With a little experience in working together, New Times's colorful crew should throw some brighter parties in the future. -Before the first issue went to press, two writers whose names had figured prominently in Hirsch's promotional efforts defected noisily. Jack Newfield, an investigative reporter and assistant editor of the Village Voice, and Pete Hamill, a New York Post columnist, demanded that their names be removed from the masthead. Along with Studs Terkel, who remains as a contributor, they sent a letter to New Times's other contributing editors complaining about...
...Crusader Newfield is particularly irked by the way Hirsch raised money. The Chase Manhattan Bank was one of the large investors. Newfield is "troubled by the presence of Rockefeller money in a magazine that pretends to be liberal or radical." (A principal owner of Newfield's paper is Millionaire S. Carter Burden.) Newfield also accuses Hirsch of failing to give the contributing editors-who are to receive shares of stock in addition to fees-a full explanation of the company's financial scaffolding and of special arrangements made with Breslin and a literary agent representing some...
...organization the question arises: just why is McGovern going to do so poorly? In a recent article in the New York Review of Books, Christopher Lasch argues that McGovern fails to make an impact on people because he has not assumed a populist stance. In a recent interview, Jack Newfield and Jeff Greenfield, authors of the book A Populist Manifesto, took a similar stance. After hearing McGovern on the stump for a week, it is fair to say that this assertion is simply not true. McGovern consistently attacks the Nixon administration for selling out to "special interests" and proceeds...
Probably the only issue which Newfield and Greenfield feel should be a component of a 1972 populist strategy, that McGovern plays down, is crime in the street. While addressing blue-collar audiences, McGovern buries the issue into the middle of his speech. He refers to drugs and crime only when discussing ways the U.S. could use the $7 billion it spends each year on the war in Vietnam. Yet crime control is certainly not a major component of a populist program. Economic issues are, and McGovern certainly does deal with these questions...
Another nagging problem of the new populism is the source of the money for the social reform programs which Newfield, Greenfield, and McGovern have supported. The cost of financing the Kennedy National Health Insurance bill would be staggering. And if taxes are to be raised to pay for such a program, some of the increase will fall on the shoulders of the working class...