Beat Sweetener: The Rajiv Shah Edition
17th January 2010
Jack Shafer is pretty dyspeptic these days. But here’s the fun part:
Haitian Nitpicking Bonus No. 1: Why the goddamn hell is Barack Obama writing the cover story for next week’s Newsweek (which, like Slate, is owned by the Washington Post Co.)? He doesn’t know anything about Haiti outside of what his aides may have told him. He won’t even write it! If the piece is worth publishing, Newsweek should give the byline to its true author.