Month: June 2006
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There’s more than one way to skin a topless wiretapper story
(Ed. note: Sometimes it seems like the folks who criticize “traditional” journalism don’t actually, um, read the stories. So, in the interest of pointing out that there’s more than one way to write the news (he-said/she-said), here’s a pair of winners.) Reporting the public record First, there’s “The Nine Lives of a Topless Bar” from…
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An interview with Gay Talese
Talese on his disdain for tape recorders, the mechanics of celebrity interviews, and his fascination with the multipurposed world of restaurants. An interview with Gay Talese