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what the New York Times recently referred to in a book review as the “traditional Jeffersonian role of the media as a counter-weight to government”—in other words, a cantankerous, obstinate, ubiquitous press, which must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the right of the people to know, and to help the population assert
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The Elements of Journalism,
Marie K. Shanahan • Journalism, Online Comments, and the Future of Public Discourse
Was in anderen medialen Zeiten ein John F. Kennedy, eine Mutter Teresa, ein Nelson Mandela oder in Frankreich Simone Weil waren - anerkannt über die politischen Lager hinweg -, solch eine Person wäre heute Ansporn und Auftrag für die digitalen Hassfabriken der ganzen Welt.
Nils Minkmar • Kate, Moskau Und X: Wir Haben Ein Ego-Problem
The origin of the Nobel Prize, driven by Alfred Nobel's desire to reshape his legacy after reading his own premature, negative obituary.
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Nobel had the same idea. He's like, I know where I'm gifted. I'm gifted financially, I'm gifted in invention, but I can, I'm not gifted in the actual management of other human beings. So he found people to do that.
This is where Alfred, I just ran over my own point. This is where Alfred tells his brother to make peace with the Rothschilds and the Ro
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Washington looked favorably upon William Gordon’s history, as long as Congress first gave him license to open up his papers. A dissenting minister from Roxbury, Massachusetts, Dr. Gordon had been a staunch supporter of the independence movement. When Congress gave Washington its approval to unseal his papers, the indefatigable Gordon spent more
... See moreRon Chernow • Washington
Mit dem Aufstieg der Merkel-CDU und der Kirchentagsgrünen wollten es die Deutschen der Welt wieder zeigen, diesmal als moralische Großmacht.