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Jacob Weisberg

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January 01, 1964

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Politics, Nonfiction

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Jacob Weisberg is an American political journalist, serving as editor-in-chief of Slate Group, a division of The Washington Post Company. Weisberg is also a Newsweek columnist. He served as the editor of Slate magazine for six years, until stepping down in June 2008. He is the son of Lois Weisberg, a Chicago social activist and connector celebrated in Malcolm Gladwell's book The Tipping Point. Weisberg's father, Bernard Weisberg, was a prominent Chicago lawyer and later judge. His parents were introduced at a cocktail party by novelist Ralph Ellison.

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Average rating: 3.82 · 2,620 ratings · 315 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bush Tragedy 3.74 avg rating — 520 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	George W. Bushisms: The Slate Book of Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd President 3.50 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ronald Reagan (The American Presidents, #40) 3.88 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deluxe Election Edition Bushisms: The First Term, in His Own Special Words by Jacob Weisberg, Molly Ivins 3.75 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Still More George W. Bushisms: "Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican" by Jacob Weisberg (Editor), Al Franken (Foreword by) 3.37 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More George W. Bushisms: More of Slate's Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd President 3.52 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	George W. Bushisms V: New Ways to Harm Our Country by Jacob Weisberg, Calvin Trillin 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Palinisms: The Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Sarah Palin 3.07 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ultimate George W. Bushisms: Bush at War 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Defense of Government: The Fall and Rise of Public Trust 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“As an editor, you develop a B.S. meter—an internal warning system that signals caution about journalism that doesn't feel trustworthy. Sometimes it's a quote or incident that's too perfect —a feeling I always had when reading stories by Stephen Glass in the New Republic. Sometimes it's too many errors of fact, the overuse of anonymous sources, or signs that a reporter hasn't dealt fairly with people or evidence. And sometimes it's a combination of flaws that produces a ring of falsity, the whiff of a bad egg. There's no journalist who sets off my bullshit alarm like Ron Suskind.”
― Jacob Weisberg

tags: anonymity, bullshit, editing, fact-checking, fairness, journalism, new-republic, objectivity, ron-suskind, stephen-glass

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