Some people always land on their feet.
Leon Wieseltier has been hired by The Atlantic as a contributing editor and critic, the media company announced today. In his new position, he will write about “his customary wide range of subjects” for the magazine and website.
“For a generation of editors and writers, Leon has helped define standards for piercing criticism of culture and society,” Atlantic editor in chief James Bennet said in the announcement. “There is no writer better equipped—by dint of erudition, wit, and forcefulness—to fill the role of critic for The Atlantic.”
There seems to be a revolving door now between The Atlantic and The New Republic, with Wieseltier leaving TNR for The Atlantic and editor Gabriel Snyder leaving The Atlantic for TNR.
I suspect that longtime TNR staff were surprised to see how much pent up rage had built up on the left which was released when Foer and Wieseltier were cashiered. I guess The Atlantic is indifferent to the criticism, which isn’t surprising.
It is, however, disappointing.
I want Ta-Nehesi Coles and others to take on Wieseltier when he engages in bullshit about the poor. There’s an opportunity here within the pages of the Atlantic.
Yes, I’m aware that there are hazards with this hire as well.
Has anyone from The Atlantic lambasted Frum or Corporal Goldberg? I’d love to know.
Driftglass covers this.
There is a club.
have a link?
Well, I meant that Driftglass covers the whole Journalism “there is a club” thing a lot. Regarding how “journalists, be it David Gregory or others can make fools of themselves, and then instantly land another job somewhere else.
Nothing specific about this guy, though.
Off topic, but in case you miss it, when editing, if you’re using a Windows machine, you can use CTRL+F, which will open a dialog box that will find letters/numbers/words/phrases, whatever, in a body of text. In regards to the piece you recently edited. It makes searching for normal grammar and spelling mistakes much, much easier.
For example, you Hold CTRL and hit the F, and a dialog box opens in the upper right hand side of a page. Then just type in, for example, “LagacÔ or even just “Lagac” to find all instances of those letters in a row, to find punctuation or html issues, for example.
If using a Mac, I’m sure there is another key combo or function to find specific text.