Ken Silverstein: The FishbowlDC Interview
Say hello to Ken Silverstein, Washington editor of Harper’s.
What word do you routinely misspell? As of late: Berdymukhamedov, the president of Turkmenistan.
What’s the name of your cell phone ring? Old Phone
What time did you get up this morning? Late — 7:30
When did you last cry and why? At a movie, but it would be too embarrassing to say which one
How many emails do you receive a day, roughly? 75-100.
What’s your favorite letter? X
What single person played the biggest role / had the biggest influence on your journalism career?</B Bruce Handler, who for reasons still hard to fathom hired me (over the phone) to work for the AP in Brazil at a time that I had no real writing clips and spoke marginal Portuguese.
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