I got into journalism because I came of age in the ’60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.
About Joe Klein
Joe Kleinis an American political commentator and author. He is best known for his work as a columnist for Time magazine and his novel Primary Colors, an anonymously written roman a clef portraying Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign.
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Diversity has been written into the DNA of American life; any institution that lacks a rainbow array has come to seem diminished, if not diseased.
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Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap.
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Novel writing should never be confused with journalism. Unfortunately, in the case of Primary Colors, a fair number of journalists confused.
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Bush promised a foreign policy of humility and a domestic policy of compassion. He has given us a foreign policy of arrogance and a domestic policy that is cynical, myopic and cruel.
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You can’t get all of your news from Jon Stewart, especially since it’s a comedy show.
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Anonymous sources are a practice of American journalism in the 20th and 21st century, a relatively recent practice. The literary tradition of anonymity goes back to the Bible.
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I invented the psychological histories and the relationship between Jack and Susan Stanton. I didn’t know anything about the Clintons. I don’t know more about the Clintons’ marriage than you do.
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I got into journalism because I came of age in the ’60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.
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