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| − | Sherman’s demeaning pen has exended to the political and media personalities he’s covered too. He has even gone so far as to look down upon their weight. For example, about New Jersey Governor [[Chris Christie]] he once wrote “Christie lacks the easy charm of a traditional front-runner. For one, he is fat” In his one-side article, he quotes a partisan NJ Democrat who says “He looks hideous! And unhealthy.” Sherman further described Christie as “rotund”.<ref>[http://nymag.com/news/politics/59895/ "New Jersey Nasty", by Gabriel Sherman, "New York Magazine", October 11, 2009]</ref>
| + | Sherman's demeaning pen has exended to the political and media personalities he's covered too. He has even gone so far as to look down upon their weight. For example, about New Jersey Governor [[Chris Christie]] he once wrote “Christie lacks the easy charm of a traditional front-runner. For one, he is fat” In his one-side article, he quotes a partisan NJ Democrat who says “He looks hideous! And unhealthy.” Sherman further described Christie as “rotund”.<ref>[http://nymag.com/news/politics/59895/ "New Jersey Nasty", by Gabriel Sherman, "New York Magazine", October 11, 2009]</ref> |
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| − | Sherman has been criticized by some in the media for lazy reporting. Reacting to Sherman’s negative article about the future of the [[Washington Post]], Washington Post’s Chairman [[Donald Graham]] said “Having read these stories for 40 years, I found Gabriel Sherman’s piece (“Post Apocalypse,” February 4) particularly lazy. Not much new here.” | + | Sherman has been criticized by some in the media for lazy reporting. Reacting to Sherman's negative article about the future of the [[Washington Post]], Washington Post's Chairman [[Donald Graham]] said “Having read these stories for 40 years, I found Gabriel Sherman’s piece (“Post Apocalypse,” February 4) particularly lazy. Not much new here.” |
| | <ref>[http://www.tnr.com/article/correspondence-not-even-molehill "Correspondence: Not Even a Molehill The chairman of the board for 'The Washington Post' responds to 'Post Apocalypse'.", Donald Graham, "The New Republic", January 21, 2010]</ref> | | <ref>[http://www.tnr.com/article/correspondence-not-even-molehill "Correspondence: Not Even a Molehill The chairman of the board for 'The Washington Post' responds to 'Post Apocalypse'.", Donald Graham, "The New Republic", January 21, 2010]</ref> |
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| − | Schwartz is also no stranger to controversy. In the mid 1990′s, as chairman and CEO of Loral Corporation, his company secretly provided advanced missile technology to China. According to the Pentagon, this technology exchange “significantly improved” China’s long range nuclear missile capability. Schwartz' financial ties to the [[Bill Clinton]] apparently paid off as no official action was taken against him or Loral.<ref>[http://www.nationalcorruptionindex.org/pages/profile.php?profile_id=278 "Bernard Schwartz", NationalCorruptionIndex.org]</ref> | + | Schwartz is also no stranger to controversy. In the mid 1990′s, as chairman and CEO of Loral Corporation, his company secretly provided advanced missile technology to China. According to the Pentagon, this technology exchange “significantly improved” China's long range nuclear missile capability. Schwartz' financial ties to the [[Bill Clinton]] apparently paid off as no official action was taken against him or Loral.<ref>[http://www.nationalcorruptionindex.org/pages/profile.php?profile_id=278 "Bernard Schwartz", NationalCorruptionIndex.org]</ref> |
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