Posted on 05/02/2003 12:37:14 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:02:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
What was it that Tom Wolfe once called the American press? If memory serves, he called it the "Courtly Gentleman." That was the synecdoche Mr. Wolfe created for the standard-issue journalist, who, he said, always strikes "the seemly sentiment." The perceptive Mr. Wolfe was once again having fun with pomposity and getting it right.
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