Talk:Walter Lippmann

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[edit] Neocon?

If Lippmann is seen as a founder of the concept of 'liberal democracy', how can his work also be described as thr basis of contemporary US neoconservatism? It ssems like somewhat of a contradiction. He could have been an elitist as well as a liberal, no?

Lippmann's views as a very young man can be characterized as liberal. He was involved in a number of socialist activities during his college years, but his views changed rather dramatically and fairly quickly. It's certainly fair, I think, to characterize him as elitist. But his subsequent disillusion with and distrust of "the common man" are pretty clearly precursors of Straussianism, especially as it relates to "esoteric knowledge"". Bill 18:10, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)

The article does not mention that Lippmann opposed the Korean war, McCarthyism and the Vietnam war. This puts a different focus on him than the present biography, which paints the picture of an anti-communist, elitist, conservative person. See http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAlippmann.htm

[edit] Sphere of influence

From the article: "Following the removal from office of Henry A. Wallace in September 1946, Lippman became the leading public advocate of the need to respect a Soviet sphere of influence in Europe, in juxtaposition to the containment strategy being advocated at the time by people like George F. Kennan." Containment certainly allowed them their sphere of influence in what became the Warsaw Pact nations. So what were the geographic limits of the sphere of influence proposed by Lippmann? - Jmabel | Talk 00:56, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spied upon despite being anticommunist?

Quote: Lippmann had wide access to the nation's decision makers and had no sympathy for communism. But the Golos spy ring used Mary Price, his secretary, to garner information on items Lippmann chose not to write about or names of Lippmann's sources, often not carried in stories, but of use to the Soviet Ministry for State Security. He examined the coverage of newspapers and saw many inaccuracies and other problems. ... this paragraph makes no sense to me (e. g. I don't find the facts that he was an anticommunist and spied upon by the Russians incompatible, or why they wanted to spy on him for examining newspaper coverage), maybe someone could improve it. Maikel 15:27, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dead Link

The link to the FBI FOIA site is dead: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/walterlippmann.htm

who ever put it there, please fix or remove itMark Preston (talk) 20:09, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Lippmann and the word: stereotype

Lippman is cited by the Oxford English Dictionary as the first use of the word: stereotype as something negative. I want to include this on his bio page, and am opening this thread up for that discussion on January 16, 2008.Mark Preston (talk) 20:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)