Well, he presented arguments. But i never took to his opinions. But is that not that the definition of a critic?!
Posted on 01/14/2024 6:17:21 PM PST by Rummyfan
Tom Shales, a Pulitzer-Prize winning TV critic for The Washington Post who was nationally known for his sharp-witted reviews of a broad range of small-screen programming, has died. He was 79.
He died of complications from COVID and renal failure, his caretaker Victor Herfurth told the Post.
Shales was hired to the Post as a Style section writer in 1972, before being named the newspaper's chief television critic in 1977, kicking off more than three decades of incisive cultural commentary that coincided with early cable TV. His coverage spanned genres and mediums, from late-night talk shows to State of the Union speeches, from network sitcoms to nightly news programs.
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Well, he presented arguments. But i never took to his opinions. But is that not that the definition of a critic?!
Back in the day when I got The Post, I liked to read him. Long time ago...
Did a couple behind the scenes books,
one about Sat.Night Live, one about ESPN
Looks like a dbag left wing butt munch
“He died of complications from COVID and renal failure, his caretaker Victor Herfurth told the Post.”
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It would be interesting to know if that renal failure was caused by Remdisivir treatment for COVID.
Acute Kidney Injury Associated With Remdesivir: A Comprehensive Pharmacovigilance Analysis of COVID-19 Reports in FAERS
Excerpt:
“Finally, we identified 12,869 COVID-19 cases. A total of 3,991 of these cases reported remdesivir as a primary suspected drug, while 8,878 cases were treated with other drugs. More AKI events occurred in cases of male patients and those above the age of 65 years. We detected a significant association between remdesivir and AKI: ROR = 2.81, 95% CI (2.48, 3.18). The association was stronger after the propensity score matching ROR = 3.85, 95% CI (3.11, 4.78). The mean time to AKI event onset was 4.91 ± 7.25 days in COVID-19 cases with remdesivir therapy. The fatality proportion was 36.45% in AKI cases with remdesivir treatment. This pharmacovigilance study identified a significant association between AKI events and remdesivir treatment in COVID-19 patients by mining FAERS real-world big data. Although causality was not confirmed, the association between remdesivir and AKI should not be ignored, especially in the older, male COVID-19 inpatients.”
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2022.692828/full
That is a lot of money to watch tv....
FTA: In 2006, Shales took a buyout from the Post but stayed on contract for an additional four years, according to the paper, “before being, in his view, unceremoniously edged out because of a salary of about $400,000 per year.”
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