Tag Archives: Journalism

Bothsiderism in Lewis’ Last Battle

By Robin Bates | Published: April 15, 2024

When the journalists engage in bothsiderism in the 2024 election, they resemble the dwarfs in Lewis’s “Last Battle.”

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Attacked Journalists Should Read Ibsen

By Robin Bates | Published: August 2, 2018

Henrik Ibsen’s protagonist in “Enemy of the People” offers a model for journalists under attack by Trump.

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How To Pin Down Protean Donald Trump

By Robin Bates | Published: May 15, 2016

Trying to pin down Donald Trump is like trying to pin down Proteus. But maybe that means that reporters can use the same tactics that Menelaus does to capture the sea god.

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Which Shakespearean Hero Is Murdoch?

By Robin Bates | Published: July 27, 2011

So which Shakespeare hero is Rupert Murdoch? Marche floats the names of Macbeth, Hamlet, Lear, Richard II and Richard III. I’d peg him as Iago.

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U.K. Tabloid Voicemail Scandal as Film Noir

By Robin Bates | Published: July 8, 2011

According to Jack Shafer of “Slate,” the U.K. tabloid phone hacking scandal has all the elements of a classic noir, especially “The Big Sleep” and “The Maltese Falcon.”

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The Faustian Bargain of Juan Williams

By Robin Bates | Published: October 25, 2010

I was upset to hear about Juan Williams and National Public Radio parting company the other day because of comments that Williams made on Fox Network’s Bill O’Reilly Show. The affair got me thinking about Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus for reasons I’ll explain in a moment. We say all kinds of stupid things in the […]

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