Yikes! Apologies for the non standard font. I typed that in my notepad and copied and pasted. Have done that before without this overpowering font issue.
Sent from Gmail Mobile On Sat, 16 Sep 2023 at 6:29 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Wenner and RS have earned their high place in pop culture history. But, > also he leans into and embodies almost every horrible stereotype of white > male Boomers. I was born at the very tail end of that generation, and the > idea that Mick Jagger is an articulate philosopher of what the generation > was about, but Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Joni Mitchell > and Janis Joplin “didn’t measure up to that same historical standard” is > 100% horseshit. > > I mean, dude literally says (when asked if his close friendship with > Jagger biased his evaluation of his work) “I confess: I probably went > too far. So what? I’m entitled.” > > What the actual fuck? I Can forgive someone for not being able to control > their own bias - that is human. I can not forgive someone who doesn’t even > try, because, well, they can’t be bothered, and they fundamentally believe > their biases are actually closer to the truth than anyone else’s. > > He confesses to allowing interview subject to edit and revise his > interviews prior to publication. He denies that his ass kissing led to any > distortion or subversion of journalistic standards. > > My anger at this crap runs deep; in adolescence and young adulthood I > thought Rolling Stone was the definitive, honest, real journalistic account > of contemporary culture. It wasn’t until my late 20s early 30s that I began > to question the honesty and integrity of those guys, and how they had led > us astray. The bullshit culture continues after Wenner’s retirement > reflected in weaknesses in some recent stories we have discussed. > > > > > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Sat, 16 Sep 2023 at 5:09 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> ...among other things, the fact that all the members of the "Masters," >> the rock legends list he interviewed in his years at Rolling Stone covered >> in a new memoir, are white men... >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/arts/jann-wenner-the-masters-interview.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20230916&instance_id=102917&nl=the-morning®i_id=5286999&segment_id=144913&te=1&user_id=521f71863e00ec6b64320af7d97a6662 >> (link) >> >> B >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/db5e80c6-b8b5-41f4-ab82-9c5a41fdf3f3n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/db5e80c6-b8b5-41f4-ab82-9c5a41fdf3f3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLieix8hwBV_9zJN-2%2BoSPrv4PuNUMa8_7C5krguOwJxw%40mail.gmail.com.
