Charles Blow’s columns, without exception, were the clunkiest, most superficial, self-serious pieces of writing.
When I found out that the New York Times was ending Charles Blow’s regular column, it was like the boot of truth had slammed onto my shoulders with a thunderous clap.
An editor at the paper reportedly sent out an internal memo informing staff Friday morning that Blow’s departure was among the ways the Times opinion section would be reoriented, which means the publication will see a severe decline in mutilated metaphors, juvenile arguments, and the most unoriginal writing to ever hold such a prestigious place in news journalism. I’ll miss it dearly.
Most of my career in journalism has been some form or another of reporting and commenting on people like Blow, the writers and TV talkers who have a degree of influence on the national political discourse. Ever since I can remember, he’s been one of my all-time favorites, in no small part because he’s a parody of black Democrat males in media — nakedly insecure, defensive, and undeservedly bestowed with a position of prestige. He’s also incredibly dishonest, a word I use instead of just calling him dumb.
I broke the story that Blow in 2015 had publicly accused a police officer at Yale of racially profiling his son, while Blow never once mentioned to his audience that the officer himself was also black. Kind of an important omission. […]
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