Excellent article Jonathan and thanks for linking in his obits.. I am sure you had many great mentors but Charlie clearly was an excellent one to get you started. I can only imagine what the rain dance looked like! RIP Charlie Peters and may you and others continue to carry on in his profession.
Did you know Jimmy Carter's communications staff? I hung out with a young Catholic man for a week in Oregon until 11-3-78, when the president arrived to endorse Governor Straub's (failed) re-election bid. I can't think of the staffer's name.
Thanks for writing, Sheila...It's a close call but I don't think Substack is a sewer, at least not yet. I won't quit when the hate posts are still "a tiny fraction" of what they do. At the same time, that was an important article by Jonathan Katz, a fine journalist whom I know and respect. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/substack-extremism-nazi-white-supremacy-newsletters/676156/ If he gets off Substack, I will have to take a harder look. I get the drawbacks of too much content moderation, but all of us have to up our game against hate.
You and we arrived in Washington the same year 1978, the last two years of the Carter Presidency.
Tonight, I was reading The Atlantic article about Substack when your latest article was posted. My question:
How do I reconcile articles by you and others of excellent journalistic skill and opinion against extremist posting on the website? I’m conflicted. What say?
This is so warm and funny, I'm going to keep it to read over and over. Thanks for writing it.
Shelley Mickle
Thanks, Shelly!
Thanks, Shelley!
Jon, terrific tribute to your influential mentor and colleague, Charlie Peters. You introduced me to your boss (and Gregg E) in 1981…..at your office.
I remember that, Casey...Can you believe we've known each other for 62 years? That's almost as long as the Carters were married.
Excellent article Jonathan and thanks for linking in his obits.. I am sure you had many great mentors but Charlie clearly was an excellent one to get you started. I can only imagine what the rain dance looked like! RIP Charlie Peters and may you and others continue to carry on in his profession.
Thanks, Chris....
What a beautiful tribute to an iconic man and force of nature.
Thanks, Jane
Did you know Jimmy Carter's communications staff? I hung out with a young Catholic man for a week in Oregon until 11-3-78, when the president arrived to endorse Governor Straub's (failed) re-election bid. I can't think of the staffer's name.
Hi, Ariel:
I knew some but not all of the Comms staff. It was headed by the late Jody Powell.
Thanks for writing, Sheila...It's a close call but I don't think Substack is a sewer, at least not yet. I won't quit when the hate posts are still "a tiny fraction" of what they do. At the same time, that was an important article by Jonathan Katz, a fine journalist whom I know and respect. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/substack-extremism-nazi-white-supremacy-newsletters/676156/ If he gets off Substack, I will have to take a harder look. I get the drawbacks of too much content moderation, but all of us have to up our game against hate.
So sorry not to first comment on your lovely memories of Charlie Peters, a great guy
You and we arrived in Washington the same year 1978, the last two years of the Carter Presidency.
Tonight, I was reading The Atlantic article about Substack when your latest article was posted. My question:
How do I reconcile articles by you and others of excellent journalistic skill and opinion against extremist posting on the website? I’m conflicted. What say?