fisk in "in these times"

Jeffrey Fisher jfisher at igc.org
Sun Dec 8 16:51:31 PST 2002


sorry if i missed this being posted.

http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/27/03/news3.shtml

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Look, the problem with the progressive, left activists in this country is that all they do is talk to each other. I went to a seminar at an East Coast college and all these middle-class women were talking about bridge-building between progressives and activists and socialists, and they wanted to build a bridge to the mainstream press. I said, “It’s irredeemable. Don’t waste your time. First of all, stop calling it mainstream. Start calling your press mainstream and call the other alternative.”

I said, “Look, I’m not going to give you advice on what to do. I’m a journalist. But if you want to reach out to people, stop talking to each other in your privileged little room and talk to ordinary Americans: the truck drivers and the rail crews and the bellhops whose brothers and fathers are going to be sent to Iraq.” /---/



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