Concept
The American Spectator
Overview
The American Spectator is a conservative American magazine covering news and politics, edited by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. and published by the non-profit American Spectator Foundation. It was founded in 1967 by Tyrrell (the current editor-in-chief) and Wladyslaw Pleszczynski.
The magazine has featured the writings of several authors such as Canadian Malcolm Gladwell, Greg Gutfeld and Dinesh D'Souza. Current frequently contributing writings include Daniel Flynn, Paul Kengor, Robert Stacy McCain, Scott McKay, George Neumayr, and George Parry.
It gained popularity in the 1990s during its investigation of Bill Clinton under what became known as its Arkansas Project. During this same time period, The American Spectator received a $1.8 million donation from Richard Mellon Scaife. Despite this success, the magazine has not been able to maintain the circulation it reached at the time, and has been criticized for its editorial stances.
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Exactly the same thing happens to professional men. Probably a majority of journalists are engaged in writing for newspapers whose politics they disagree with; only a man of wealth can own a large newspaper, and only an accident can enable the point of view or the interests of those who are not wealthy to find expression in a newspaper. A large part of the best brains of the country are in the civil service, where…
Bertrand Russell, Political Ideals
Close in meaning to The American Spectator; the term itself is not named.
Exactly the same kind of restraints upon freedom of thought are bound to occur in every country where economic organization has been carried to the point of practical monopoly. Therefore the safeguarding of liberty in the world which is growing up is far more difficult than it was in the nineteenth century, when free competition was still a reality.
Bertrand Russell, Free Thought and Official Propaganda
Close in meaning to The American Spectator; the term itself is not named.
The roll of the Delegates contains the names of many famous scholars. Among those of recent times may be mentioned William Stubbs, Ingram Bywater, Frederick York Powell. Within the last few years the Press has sustained very heavy losses in the death of some of the most experienced of its Delegates. William Sanday, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, took an active part in the many works of profound learning upon…
Oxford University Press, Some Account of the Oxford University Press, 1468-1921
Close in meaning to The American Spectator; the term itself is not named.
Philosophers who discussed The American Spectator
Related ideas
- The Guardian
- Conservatism in the United States
- The New York Times
- United States
- The Economist
- Nonprofit organization
- Malcolm Gladwell
Place in the tradition
Part of Roger Scruton.