Peggy Noonan Quotes
Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents.
Noonan, Peggy. What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era. Random House, 1990, p. 153.
founder of the Christian Science religion
Stone avoided all socialization with officials and politicians and unlike most journalists in Washington DC did not attend the many parties that are so common in the nation’s capital.
McCarthy was in many ways like Donald Trump. One was that the press loved to cover his statements and accusations that were so absurd and sensational that they sold a lot of nespapers, magazines and obtained many TV / Radio viewers/listeners. As a result he got much more media coverage that he warranted in the view of many. In retrospect, Kampton, one of the most prestegious journalsits of his era, felt that he had been guilty of wrongful judgment in covering McCarthy and giving him so much press, just as many journalists did after they covered Donald Trump in the 2016 Campaign.
Margaret Ellen "Peggy" Noonan is a weekly columnist for The Wall Street Journal, and contributor to NBC News and ABC News. She was a primary speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1984 to 1986 and has maintained a center-right leaning in her writings since leaving the Reagan administration. Five of Noonan's books have been New York Times bestsellers.
