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by roddylindsay 899 days ago
Fun fact: Theo Baker, the student journalist for the Stanford Daily who broke (and continues to break) major portions of this Marc Tessier-Lavigne scandal, is the son of Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for the NY Times.
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And his mom is Susan Glasser, who was assistant managing editor at The Washington Post, the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, the founding editor of Politico Magazine, and a global affairs analyst for CNN.
Wonder if this is a case of journalism in the blood, or having media connections others don’t have (probably both).
The answer to “is it nature or nurture?” is almost always “both.”
Good point, I too have came to the same conclusion after observing both parties around me.