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AP: Novelist Anne Rice says she's leaving Christianity
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on August 09, 2010, 05:13:38 pm ---OK. I've now read that passage for the third or fourth time. I can see why you might disagree with it. I can even see parts that might arguably be called "distortions." What I don't see is name-calling.
Yeah? And again: so what? Whoever said an op-ed columnist isn't supposed to be partisan? Almost all of them are, quite unabashedly, since that's their job. Most opinion-page editors even make a stab at providing a balance of them on the left and right.
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and that is why Pitts is clever - he doesn't outright call Republicans and Xians who are also Republicans - apostates, hostile bigots, and superstitious - oh, no he implies it very clearly.
sure, some of my favorite op-eds are partisan, I just have a problem when they try to pass themselves off as journalists.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: brokeplex on August 10, 2010, 04:49:30 pm ---sure, some of my favorite op-eds are partisan, I just have a problem when they try to pass themselves off as journalists.
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Then you'll have no problem with Leonard Pitts, because he does not "try to pass himself off" as a journalist. He's not a journalist. He's a columnist. He won a Pulitzer for "commentary," which means "opinion writing." If you look up his bio at the Miami Herald, you will not see the word "journalist." The person who introduced that word into this discussion is you. And I'm not sure whether you keep at it as some strange kind of straw man argument, or because despite our going over this several times now it's still not clear.
http://www.miamiherald.com/leonard_pitts/
brokeplex:
"Leonard Pitts, Jr. is an American commentator, journalist and novelist. He is a nationally-syndicated columnist and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He was originally hired by the Miami Herald to critique music, but within a few years he received his own column in which he dealt extensively with race, politics, and culture. He lives in Bowie, Maryland. He has won awards for his writing from the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and was first nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1993, eventually claiming the honor in 2004"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Pitts
In 2004 Pitts won the Pulitzer "Journalism" award for commentary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Pulitzer_Prize
Leonard Pitts Biography
At a Glance …
Born on October 11, 1957, in Orange, CA; son of Leonard Garvey Pitts and Agnes Rowan Pitts; married Marilyn Vernice Pickens, June 27, 1981; children: two. Education: University of Southern California, BA, English, 1977.
Career:
Soul magazine, Los Angeles, writer and editor, 1976-80; KFWB radio, Los Angeles, writer, 1980-83;Radioscope, Los Angeles, 1983-86; Westwood One, Inc., Culver City, CA, writer, 1989-91; extensive freelance music journalism, 1970s and 1980s; Miami Herald, Miami, FL, music writer, 1991-95; columnist, 1995–; Scripps Howard Visiting Professional, Hampton University, Hampton, VA, 2004.
Selected memberships:
National Association of Black Journalists, American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors.
Selected awards:
Pulitzer Prize nomination, 1992, 2000; National Association of Black Journalists, award of excellence in commentary, 1994, 1995; National Society of Newspaper Columnists, Columnist of the Year, 2002; Scripps Howard Foundation, National Journalism Award, 2002; Pulitzer Prize, for commentary, 2004.
Addresses:
Office—Miami Herald, One Herald Plaza, Miami, FL 33132.
Read more: Leonard Pitts Jr. Biography - American, Black, Music, Columnist, Writing, and Writer http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2873/Pitts-Leonard-Jr.html#ixzz0wJit51Wf
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2873/Pitts-Leonard-Jr.html
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on August 10, 2010, 05:58:50 pm ---Then you'll have no problem with Leonard Pitts, because he does not "try to pass himself off" as a journalist. He's not a journalist. He's a columnist. He won a Pulitzer for "commentary," which means "opinion writing." If you look up his bio at the Miami Herald, you will not see the word "journalist." The person who introduced that word into this discussion is you. And I'm not sure whether you keep at it as some strange kind of straw man argument, or because despite our going over this several times now it's still not clear.
http://www.miamiherald.com/leonard_pitts/
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apparently, he has received journalism awards and is a member of a professional journalism society.
Marge_Innavera:
--- Quote from: brokeplex on August 10, 2010, 04:49:30 pm ---and that is why Pitts is clever - he doesn't outright call Republicans and Xians who are also Republicans - apostates, hostile bigots, and superstitious - oh, no he implies it very clearly.
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How about naming some of his specific statements that you'd object to?
For people who'd rather go straight to the source, here's a source for Mr. Pitts' columns:
http://www.leonardpittsjr.com/recent_columns.html
and
http://www.leonardpittsjr.com/everything-else.html
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