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Open book Greisa, Christine, Jack Fuller correspondence, 1974

Title Greisa, Christine, Jack Fuller correspondence, 1974

Creator Fuller, Jack

Date 1974

Place Illinois--Iroquois County, United States

Extent 33.7 linear feet (77 boxes and 1 oversize box)

User-Contributed Transcription 360 East 65 Street - Apt. 14D
New York, New York 10021
December 16, 1974

Mr. Jack Fuller
3950 North Lake Shore Drive - Apt. 714
Chicago, Illinois 60613

Dear Jack -
You very kindly sent me a copy of your "The Journalistic Vision" and I have been inexcusably tardy in thanking you for its excellence. Your journalistic vision is the most comprehensive by far that I've come across. I wish you would try to publish this paper - in Atlantic Monthly, American Scholar, Commentary, a dozen others. Even the New York Times Magazine Section. Even if they didn't print it, it would've done them good to read it!!
Particularly compelling was your own instance of abstractions made concrete - your dialog with the reporter in the Senate Press Gallery on the "revenue-sharing versus school milk program" interpretation of the debate. Your criticisms of Halberstam-type journalism I found brilliant. Brilliant also is the only word for your analysis of his book, & new journalism' predications.
One brief passage left me unconvinced in the Moynihan discussion, your saying he didn't seem to realize it's in the very nature of journalism to be hostile to government, or power. I can't accept as fact the claim that government isn't at least doing some things right, some of the time, even 60% of most things right 60% of most times. Why be endemically hostile to what is done that is

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Archival Collection Title Jack Fuller papers

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Call Number Midwest MS FullerJ Box 55 Folder 754

BibID 789308

Projects Tag Jack Fuller Digitization Grant 2021

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

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