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David Blum
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David began his career as a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and has been the editor-in-chief of The Village Voice, a writer and editor at The New York Times Magazine, and a contributing editor at New York and Esquire magazines. He is the critic-at-large for the New York Sun, and has written two books: Flash in the Pan: The Life and Death of an American Restaurant (1992), and Tick...Tick...Tick...: The Long Life & Turbulent Times of 60 Minutes (2004). He is an adjunct professor at the Columbia U. Graduate School of Journalism.

Blog Entries by David Blum

Katie Couric Runs For Cover

Posted July 10, 2007 | 05:59 PM (EST)

For those who find it astonishing that a reporter managed to extricate emotions from the beleaguered Katie Couric this week, it's worth reminding everyone that celebrities never land on magazine covers by accident. Couric's every utterance reflected a careful calculation on her part. Yes, the writer did his job and...

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Kicking Dan When He's Down

Posted June 15, 2006 | 04:48 PM (EST)

The CBS executives who leaked the story of Dan Rather's imminent exit from the news division to Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post today clearly despise the former anchorman. They blame him for the 2004 National Guard documents scandal that tarnished the reputation of CBS News. They hate him for...

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Still Crazy After All These Gears

Posted June 6, 2006 | 06:37 PM (EST)

My favorite new thing to watch on television is the TiVo gears. I often find myself comforted by the sight of the faint green wheels on the TiVo home page that turn endlessly and with no variation. I consider the TiVo gears to be the 21st century equivalent of the...

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Diane Sawyer, Please Stop Kicking Your Chair

Posted May 23, 2006 | 11:02 AM (EST)

So Charlie Gibson gets to leave "Good Morning America" first. How did that happen? That's one of many unanswered questions in ABC's announcement that Gibson would take over as solo anchor of "World News Tonight" in June. The main one concerns Gibson's co-anchor on GMA, Diane Sawyer, who can't be...

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Fat Ass: A Love Story

Posted May 16, 2006 | 09:56 PM (EST)

How do you fall in love with a beast?

I'm trying to, but it isn't easy. This particular girl doesn't want to be touched between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. When we go for romantic evening strolls in my busy New York neighborhood, she...

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