Hitchens Dominates War Journalism Panel
Brilliant, bold, curmudgeonly Vanity Fair Contributing Editor Christopher Hitchens was the proverbial 800 lb. gorilla in the room moderating the ”1968 to 2008 Journalism at a time of War” panel last night at the Independent Film Center. VF EIC Graydon Carter introduced a panel that included New York Times correspondent Dexter Filkins, Sebastian Junger, William Langewiesche and MTV VJ Suchin Pak. From Emily Vaughn of Editor & Publisher:
”Despite the pedigree of the panelists, Hitchens dominated the discussion, and his habit of interrupting the panelists or admonishing them to ‘keep it terse’ and if at all possible ‘witty’ — and also talking over comments by audience members a — led a few grumblers in the crowd to head for the bar before the discussion ended.
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