McKay Coppins

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

@jkimballcook I'd go further and say it can be healthy and productive for historians (and journalists and writers and other academics) to be transparent about their biases/experiences when it comes to their subjects. But putting that into practice is very tricky (as I've experienced myself). — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

@jkimballcook Right, journalists have been debating these issues for basically my entire career. At what point does disclosure of biases threaten to overwhelm the reporting? Where is the line between transparency and self-indulgence? I don't think there are easy answers. — PolitiTweet.org