Jiang argues that the Epstein emails show journalists functioning as political operatives and strategists for elite actors rather than as neutral reporters.
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Journalists
Jiang begins with Gay Talese the master reporter and ends with Gay Talese the man who learns to stare back at shame.
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Jiang begins with Gay Talese the master reporter and ends with Gay Talese the man who learns to stare back at shame.
Key Notes
Jiang argues that the second Trump term has not taken the concrete anti-China measures of the first term, such as journalist expulsions and consulate closures, which suggests more room for negotiation now.
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"Yeah, I think, look, the Epstein emails tell us that journalists are political operatives, right? So if you look at Michael Wolff, you look..."
"...had terrorists. But you also had. The kicking out of Chinese journalists in America and China reciprocated by kicking out American journalists. The Washington..."
"...an English literature major at Yale, and so I met some journalist friends who introduced me to Gay Talese. In the summer of 99,..."
"...he is mainly known for his journalism. He is the greatest journalist of his generation, probably the greatest journalist of all time. American journalism..."
"...York Times, you still read that book today as a young journalist. He wrote a book called Honor Thy Father, which is about the..."
"...70s when this book was published, he was a really respected journalist, writer. He was a celebrity and he was married to a beautiful..."
"...to introduce a book called empire of AI written by a journalist named Karen, how she is an American journalist. And she spent many..."
"...know, the, the chattering class, the professors, the intellectuals, the, the journalists who are most dedicated to the system, because these are the parasites..."
"...do you, by the way, what do you make of the journalists who had really great reputations up until the, the Epstein files? And..."
"...the iranian american actor and sarah amari he's the iranian american journalist and u.s editor of unheard welcome to both of you um you"
"...how much they rigged the 2016 election was because the greatest journalist in modern history julian assange leaked the podesta uh emails"
"It's like literally like any journalist in Washington DC could do this. You can get his phone number. And he's the president of the..."
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