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Very very sad news. Carr was a top-flight, terrific reporter. Condolences to his family.
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This blows. Just awful news.
RIP, Mr. Carr. You pulled yourself out of some horrific stuff, all the while doing some terrific reporting.
My condolences to his family. And for those of you who may have not read it when first published, in 2008 one of my favorite David Carr pieces: When Fox News Is the Story
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If that top picture and Nick Bilton’s tweet are both of David Carr, that’s quite a shocking transformation.
Some of the avenues of attack are easier to anticipate than others. Right now, there are advance copies circulating of a reported memoir I wrote about my times as a drug addict and drunk. I’ve already been called a “crack addict” on Bill O’Reilly’s show, which at least has the virtue of being true, if a little vintage. Expect a return engagement with some added detail. I have a bit of an advantage in that my laundry is already hanging on the line, not to mention that with a face made out of potatoes, the Photoshopped picture of me will have to go a long way to make me any uglier than I actually am. Having pointed a crooked columnist finger at Fox, at least I have it coming. Not so for many of the beat reporters who go to work every day confronted by a public relations machine that will go feral if it doesn’t get what it wants.
A great piece; thanks for the reminder. He was on with both Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow last night, a big day for his beat. What a damn shame.
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What a sad week for quality media. Bob Simon and now David Carr. The Jon Stewart retirement I was expecting either this year or next. How come it’s never Rupert Murdoch attacked by ravenous Dingos or Limbaugh accidentally choked to death while performing auto erotica afixia.
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