Episode 134
Episode 128: Jack Shafer
Jack Shafer covers the media for Politico. “This is a true story, not a ‘Brian Williams story’: my first report card said ‘Jack is a very good student, but he has a tendency to start fights on the playground and bring them back into the classroom.’ That'
February 11, 201557m 31s
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Show Notes
Jack Shafer covers the media for Politico.
“This is a true story, not a ‘Brian Williams story’: my first report card said ‘Jack is a very good student, but he has a tendency to start fights on the playground and bring them back into the classroom.’ That's been my career style — start a fight and bring it back to the classroom.”
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@jackshafer
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Shafer on Longform
[2:00] "Why Did Brian Williams Lie?" (Politico • Feb 2015)
[2:00] "Brian Williams’ Slow Jam" (Politico • Feb 2015)
[18:00] aol.com: How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads, and Made Millions in the War for the Web (Kara Swisher • Crown Business • 1998)
[21:00] Shafer’s archive on Slate
[34:00] "The Trial of Stephen Glass" (Reuters • Dec 2011)
[37:00] "'I Would Have Loved To Piss on Your Shoes'" (Slate • Jun 2011)
[37:00] "'I Would Have Loved To Piss on Your Shoes,' Part 2" (Slate • Jun 2011)
[42:00] "The Making of a Suspect: The Case of Wen Ho Lee" (Matthew Purdy • The New York Times • Feb 2001)
[46:00] "House to Probe White House Role in FCC’s ‘Net Neutrality’ Proposal" (Gautham Nagesh and Siobhan Hughes • The Wall Street Journal • Feb 2015)
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