Chatting with the journalist of our generation, James Pogue, about his two new pieces on the state of politics in the New York Times (“How Long Can the Alliance Between Tech Titans and the MAGA Faithful Last?”) and Vanity Fair (“Infighting.
'Learned a lot from this one. And I just love the whole notion of a journalist approaching journalism as an art form, and, the point about "the overlay":
"[On the great war reporter Luke Mogelson]...incredible portraits of bloody war that only he, a former army medic, can ever get you into, you're like, this is so incredible. When he writes about American politics, they [the publisher] put an overlayer on it... his incredible January 6th dispatch, just as a work of art, suffers from the fact that every third paragraph, they have to go in and be like, this is why this guy [Trump] is so bad. This is why the qanons..."
Curious to know what James Pogue and Antonia Hitchens each think about substack, and if they'll eventually each have substacks. Maybe a Part-2 interview with them both on as guests to discuss that very topic?!
“The counter-culture became the culture” has been stuck on repeat in my head for years. I’m so glad someone who isn’t me finally said it out loud.
'Learned a lot from this one. And I just love the whole notion of a journalist approaching journalism as an art form, and, the point about "the overlay":
"[On the great war reporter Luke Mogelson]...incredible portraits of bloody war that only he, a former army medic, can ever get you into, you're like, this is so incredible. When he writes about American politics, they [the publisher] put an overlayer on it... his incredible January 6th dispatch, just as a work of art, suffers from the fact that every third paragraph, they have to go in and be like, this is why this guy [Trump] is so bad. This is why the qanons..."
Curious to know what James Pogue and Antonia Hitchens each think about substack, and if they'll eventually each have substacks. Maybe a Part-2 interview with them both on as guests to discuss that very topic?!
Great guests recently 🔥 Can't wait to hear your color theory about inflamation!!
Report the facts without overlay. How refreshing!!