Tim Barrus Blog
Posts tagged with journalism
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CPR
I would not be worth – all of this – high action traction where the arch of the story itself could explode from pure adrenaline. That tone from word one to the end, lightem up, up, up. Litem up, up, up. I am glad people can coordinate and go for…
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Comment Moderation is Uncivil
Censorship as an apex predator. The ideation of ideas. We are only allowed to think if exposed to an official archive. Google’s search engine and all those little boxes popping up to pull you into the rabbit hole. The New York Times is not social media. The New York Times…
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Tim Barrus, New YorkTimes
David Brooks was right in high school. Caste warfare is real.
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Prepare Yourselves
Tim Barrus, New York Times Opinion: Prepare to see very difficult images. The sound of packing bags that have been packed and unpacked by journalists many times. A river of blood is coming, and much of it is going to be the blood of girls and women. Who know what’s…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
TIM BARRUS, NEW YORK TIMES Mistakes. Happen. Metaphors. Happen. Judgement calls. Happen. Metaphors are added to anecdotal evidence. Copy editors everywhere at any publication will squint and ponder if a metaphor is appropriate. Their eyes to the sky. My eyes, too. I have had endings to my books redrawn and…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
New York Times gatekeepers don’t want you to read this. They’re supposed to be anonymous. Sorry. But I just can’t join the Satisfied With Ourselves Party. There’s hardly a voice you publish that takes a solid look at journalism and it’s conflicted relationship with comments. Let’s Have A Hug For…
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Whore Motel
An Excerpt from WALT WHITMAN SLEPT HERE On this trip, Andrew and I have stayed at about a trillion whore motels. Whore motels are even more fly-by-night than whore hotels. Whore hotels feature the more stable whores, often whores with children, the local whores, whores who rarely travel more than…
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I AM A COMMUNIST
I am a communist. Writer. There is no such thing as brotherhood. Idealism is so yesterday. Journalists drink alone. All the journalism bars are closed. Do you really think that any major American editor would publish an avowed communist voice. What planet do you live on. David Brooks is right.…
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The Bondage of Homelessness
Almost all of the men who contact me with requests that I tie them up and jack them off are doing so because they know I am homeless (the trick always has to lord it over the proverbial whore) and used to be the writer who got them off. Celebrity…