May 16, 2014: American Prospect: Sorry, Right-Wing Media, Unionization Is Good for Liberal Publications
I can't tell if it's intellectual dishonesty or intellectual incompetence, but a number of conservative outlets have wildly misconstrued comments from The Nation's Richard Kim in my recent piece on diversity at liberal publications.
I can't tell if it's intellectual dishonesty or intellectual incompetence, but a number of conservative outlets have wildly misconstrued comments from The Nation's Richard Kim in my recent piece on diversity at liberal publications.
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Dec 20, 2013: MediaIte: Chris Hayes and Guest Ponder Whether Bobby Jindal, Phil Robertson Should Try Anal Sex
With the media continuing to reel from insensitive comments made by Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson, MSNBC host Chris Hayes and The Nation reporter Richard Kim had an interesting take on the incident on Thursday night’s episode of All In. Dec 20, 2013: PJ Tatler: MSNBC’s Chris Hayes May Soon Find Out that the First Amendment Doesn’t Guarantee Anyone Their Own Show on Cable
So, leftist religious broadcaster MSNBC is taking A&E’s side in the Duck war. That’s their right, although, like the network’s unyielding support for Barack Obama, it’s a minority position. But when the Nation’s Richard Kim suggested today that if Phil Robertson and Bobby Jindal tried anal sex, they might like it, and host Chris Hayes giggled and said he wished Kim had gotten to do the GQ interview so he could ask them that question, well, honestly I don’t even know what to say. May 22, 2013: Business Insider: Prominent Gay Journalist Explains Why Hate Crime Laws Aren't Helping
In practice though, hate crimes are largely symbolic and frequently used to prosecute property crimes like graffiti more aggressively, according to Richard Kim, a gay scholar and executive editor of TheNation.com. Feb 3, 2013: Washington Monthly: Must-read of the day: The Nation’s Richard Kim on Ed Koch and the cost of the closet
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch died on Friday. I’ve avoided writing about this, because I most definitely was not a fan, and I just didn’t have the stomach to write a long, angry blog post pissing on the man’s freshly dug grave. |
Richard Kim is the executive editor of TheNation.com. He is co-editor, with Betsy Reed, of the New York Times bestselling anthology Going Rouge: Sarah Palin, An American Nightmare. Kim has appeared on MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes, Melissa Harris-Perry, CNN, NPR, Al Jazeera, Democracy Now! and other media outlets. He has taught at New York University and Skidmore College
