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Proof that “journalism” accepts modification, e.g. “gonzo.”
Hunter S. Thompson, dead at 67.
I’ll have more to say about Thompson and his influence on journalism in the weeks ahead.
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I’m going to preempt your comments with my own. I have read a ton of stuff about HRT. I was an admirer of his, but sometime during the late 70’s or early ’80s, I outgrew him. I didn’t even know he was still writing. Reading Romenesko, it is embarrassing that the old dinosaurs (like myself) are berating the young marsupials that they have no Thompsons among them. But was what HRT did journalism? I’d say yes, in the negative way. In the way that the news is about the news, about the “reporter” being the story, about how reporting is about feelings and speculation and not about facts or information. What is the definition of “journalism” that includes HST? Creative writing? Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” non-fiction fiction? Back to Romenesko again, I saw this: “Care to serve as the Hunter S. Thompson professor of journalism?”.
I’ll be dealing with these issues. It’ll be about two weeks before I get to it.
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