Posted on 08/16/2010 9:08:01 AM PDT by Borges
James J. Kilpatrick, 89, a fiery advocate of racial segregation as a Richmond newspaper editor in the 1950s who became a sparring partner of liberals on the television show "60 Minutes" and a syndicated columnist who offered conservative views on subjects ranging from politics to proper use of the English language, died Sunday in Washington.
Mr. Kilpatrick, who gradually distanced himself from his writings on race, became one of the most popular and eminent conservative writers of his generation. His prose style blended the erudite and the homespun, and he became one of the few conservatives syndicated in print nationally in the early 1960s.
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
Now I am not going to verify this, but I highly doubt that the Post's obituary for Robert Byrd opened up by saying he was a member of the KKK.
Nice link of conservatism to racism, WashPo. Don’t remember a liberal/racism connection mentioned when Sheets Byrd kicked the can.
Ave atque vale, Kilpo.
Is he related to Kwame?
I remember he made weekly mincemeat of Shana Alexander on Point-Counterpoint segment of 60 Minutes (back when I used to watch it)
James J. Kilpatrick, 89, a fiery advocate of racial segregation...
Compare this entry to the ComPost’s inital lead-in to the Robert Byrd obit... for some odd, unknown reason, they differ somewhat.
Robert Byrd: A story of change and redemption
By Eugene Robinson
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
“End of an era” is an overused trope, but in this case it’s appropriate: The last of the old Southern Democrats is gone.
Sen. Robert Byrd had long since repented, of course. The West Virginian, who died Monday at 92, deeply regretted his segregationist past, which included a year as a member of the Ku Klux Klan and at least several more years as a Klan sympathizer. He eventually became a passionate advocate for civil rights, and he was one of the most vocal supporters of legislation making the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. a national holiday.
“Jane, you ignorant slut.”
He, with a woman named Shana Alexander, IIRC, did a segment called Point/Counterpoint on 60 Minutes. It inspired the
Sat Night Live weekend update segment (Ackroyd/Curtin) where
Dan’s catch phrase, upon his rebuttal, was, “Jane, you
ignorant slut.”
” fiery advocate of racial segregation as a Richmond newspaper editor in the 1950s “
WOW sheets Byrd didn’t get this treatment in news stories.
Kilpatrick was one of my favorite conservative writers. I have his book, “The Writer’s Art,” and still refer to it occasionally. The book contains correspondence with Bill Buckley, usually debating English usage, and usually really funny. He obviously had great respect for his political opponent, Shana Alexander and devoted a chapter featuring her reporting and writing. Alexander covered the Patty Hearst trial and judging from the excerpts in the book, sent some of the most compelling dispatches from that event.
A line I recall explains the difference between “nauseated” and “nauseous.” If you are nauseated, you feel sick. If you’re nauseous, you make other people feel sick.
Notice the creepy WaPo writer can’t resist including an insult in the second para — “writings on race.” Jerks have to take their shots even in obits.
Point/Counterpoint was a much better way to kill two minutes than with Andy Rooney’s doddering claptrap
Especially in the opening sentence!
When KLilpo retired, it was a great loss. One of the best. Sympathies to his family and friends.
A grossly and in my view deliberately unfair obit of Kilpo.
” fiery advocate of racial segregation as a Richmond newspaper editor in the 1950s “
Gee, I wonder why no one bothered to print why.
Oh how I do agree.
Reminds me of the difference between “coprophagia” and “coprophiliac” ~ and the first is it makes no difference at the Washington Post ~ they engage in everything anyway.
Articles by Adam Bernstein:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/articles/adam+bernstein/
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Adam Bernstein has been helping put the “post” in Washington Post for more than six years. The American Society of Newspaper Editors has recognized his obit writing for doing “a great job revealing the small details and anecdotes that get at the essence of the person.” He was also featured in Marilyn Johnson’s recent book about the obit writing craft, “The Dead Beat.” Bernstein wrote the introduction to the 2004 reprint of “You’re Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger,” Roger Hall’s best-selling memoir of his wartime experiences in the Office of Strategic Services. “
from: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2007/09/adam-bernstein.html
Evidently he writes Obits for famous people for the Washington ComPost.
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