Cenk Uygur
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New Republic Magazine Collapses Under Its Own Empty Principles
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December 14, 2014
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5:11Now Playing"Chris Hughes, the multi-millionaire owner of the New Republic, gathered the staff into a conference room in their sublet K Street offices. The space used to be occupied by a grain lobby, and still photos of amber waves adorned the walls.
While the staff had heard rumors, the news felt like a shock. Their top editor was gone, a new guy was coming in. This was May of 2012. Richard Just, who had been with the publication for eight years and reportedly helped persuade Hughes to purchase the magazine, was to be replaced by Franklin Foer.
“It was almost Stalinist the way he did not mention Richard’s name once,” said Alec MacGillis, a former New Republic staff writer. “It was like he had been disappeared. . . . It should have sent off more of a warning sign.”
And yet, it didn’t.”* The Young Turks Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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