Meg Greenfield (1930–1999)

this is not a gossip book. this is a thoughtful position statement of the state of the media - particulalry of newspapers. it is a serious sometimes blunt statement of what is going on with the media in the present day. particularly the newspapers and how and why they are failing the public.

5797. Washington, by Meg Greenfield (read 21 Apr 2022) This book was published in 2001, after its author had died. She was the editor of the Washington Post and worked on the book in the 1990's and had the final chapter yet to write when, in 2001, she died. It is kind of a philosophical book, discussing with much insight the behavior of political figures and reporters, and occasionally naming names--which I wished she had done more often since I am reading the book more than 21 years later show more and what a reader might have known when the book was published does not now readily come to mind. She was a liberal observer but did not fail to blame liberal friends for the things they did wrong, such as the misbehavior of Abe Fortas when he was on the Supreme Court. I did not appreciate the book as much as I would have had I read it 20 years ago--the political scene is so changed from what it was before Trump entered politics. But the book says many wise things which are still true today show less

A collection of essays about Washington (D.C., of course) and its inhabitants.

Washington = high school. This is more profound an equation than first glance might indicate. Ms. Greenfield wrote for Newsweek and Washington Post. I love Newsweek.