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Walter Shapiro

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I wrote an obit for David Broder in 2011 for Politics Daily as it was being killed by Ariana Huffington. A new HuffPost widget appeared on my screen: “SEO value of this article is zero. Are you sure you want to publish?” So I added a bit on his romance with Beyoncé and published. — PolitiTweet.org

David Karol @DKarol

Most PEOPLE don't know much history & journalism is very perishable. Grad students in their mid 20s have no idea wh… https://t.co/LucJe…

Posted Dec. 18, 2020

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@fordm And don't forget the shitty editor who either encouraged the reporter or forced him into this aggressive and inhumane invasion of privacy. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 18, 2020

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@jackshafer I'm much more defending Broder as a reporter and a sweet guy than as a columnist. But my point of this particular anecdote is that even a decade ago, search engines had no idea who Broder was compared to, say, a fourth-tier soap opera character. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 18, 2020