Jimmy Breslin

Chuck Berry And Jimmy Breslin Reinvented The English Language

... age, got educated, and began flooding into print. The newly arrived often learned English from the newspaper; this is a central plot point in Deadline USA, one of the great newspaper movies of all time. Sooner or later, along came what became known as The New Journalism, which wasn't really new at all, because it essentially revived the traditions of American journalism that had been squashed by the deadening hand of "objectivity" and respectability. This is generally considered to have occurred in longform in the nation's magazines but The New Journalism really began with a new generation of newspaper columnists, people like Mike Royko and Pete Hamill. And Jimmy Breslin. Getty Michael Brennan. From the start, he was the biggest of them. He filled the room the way few others did. He saw more than other columnists did. He heard things in a different way. When people talk about "voice" in journalism, they're talking about more than the way you put sentences together, or a gift for ...

Confederate Flag Flies Next To Ncaa Arena In South Carolina

... the NCAA regionals at the arena. South Carolina coach Frank Martin was asked about the flag protest after his team's 88-81 victory over No. 2 Duke on Sunday night. He urged people not to judge all in South Carolina by the actions of some. "Our state's progressive. Our state has incredible people (who are) about moving forward," he said. "But it's America. We have freedoms. People have freedoms to do whatever they want to do with themselves and their property.". Sunday's games featured North Carolina against Arkansas and Duke against South Carolina. South Carolina was unable to host NCAA predetermined championships because of the organization's ban, which began in 2001. The NCAA regional in 2002 was allowed to remain in the state. That led the NAACP and others to turn out for a march to the arena steps in support of taking down the flag. The issue was settled in 2015 after the massacre of nine black Charleston church goers by Dylann Roof, who was seen in pictures with the Confederate flag. State lawmakers voted to remove the flag in July ...

Bloomberg’s Warning To Dems On Gorsuch

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Legendary Newspaper Columnist Jimmy Breslin Dies At 88

... art of climbing tenement stairs. It would be well worth their time to read his work. Breslin himself would have told them so. Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit __link__/. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST. We're stepping away from South by Southwest coverage for a minute to bring you sad news from the newspaper world. Jimmy Breslin, the legendary New York City columnist, has died at the age of 88. He was famous and by many beloved for celebrating the lives of New Yorkers that others often didn't see. Breslin was also a character in his own right, as Jon Kalish reports. JON KALISH, BYLINE: Jimmy Breslin was old school. He began his career as a copy boy, working his way up to hard-bitten reporter. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING). JIMMY BRESLIN: At 5 o'clock at night in the New York Daily News, you couldn't see from one end of the sitting room to the other because of the smoke. Tremendous scene - looked like an old fight club. And the noise of the typewriters was loud, like a subway train running through. And out of all this noise, the smoke came nervous energy. Words in a newspaper are made of nervous energy. KALISH: That's Jimmy Breslin from a 2004 interview. He wrote on deadline for ...

Iraqi Troops Push Into Area Around Symbolic Mosul Mosque

... 19 2017 12:35 PM EDT 2017-03-19 16:35:43 GMT. __link__ is taking a leap into the Trump resistance. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 9:25 AM EDT 2017-03-19 13:25:33 GMT. Along with James Dean and J. D. Salinger and a few others in the 1950 s, Chuck Berry, who was ninety when he died Saturday at his suburban St. Louis home, helped define the modern teenager. More > >. By BASSAM HATOUM. Associated Press. BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi forces battling Islamic State militants in Mosul have approached the mosque where the leader of the extremist group declared its self-styled caliphate in the summer of 2014. Black smoke billowed from the area around al-Nuri mosque, also known as the Great Mosque, as helicopters hovered overhead and fired down. At least two large mushroom clouds were seen rising from what is believed to be suicide car bomb explosions, according to live Associated Press footage. IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivered a Friday sermon in al-Nuri mosque in July 2014 after the extremist group seized almost a third of Iraq, declaring an Islamic caliphate in the areas under his group's control in Iraq and neighboring Syria. Iraqi and Syrian ...

Jimmy Breslin's Mission Was Exposing Injustice

... He gave people comfort because they knew Jimmy Breslin was on the case. I would be with him in public on occasion, and he would get a great response from people – people would come up to him and say, “You go get him, Jim. You tell it like it is, Jim." That’s who he was and I think that’s one of the reasons people had confidence in the overall system. I lost my father two years ago. Jimmy and my father were very, very close friends for a lot of years. So for me, personally, it brings back memories of my father and Jim, but he was a journalistic giant. And there were very few authentic journalists who spoke for the people and believed they were going to expose injustice. That’s what he did and he is a grave loss. He was at Newsday, he was at the News, he was at the Post. He was at the News for a very long time, and then he was at Newsday. But he was not a blogger or a tweeter, or a ten-word guy. That’s not who he was. I don’t think you could tell the truth in a tweet. I think many ways we are ...

Jimmy Breslin, Larger-than-life New York Newspaperman, Dies

... "[A]ll he has to do is call or write me at The Daily News. It's simple to get me. The only people I don't answer are bill collectors," Breslin wrote. In 1969, author Norman Mailer and Breslin teamed up to run for mayor and City Council president in a wacky bid aimed at the incumbent mayor, John Lindsay. They lost. Breslin also famously wrote an article in November 1963 for the New York Herald Tribune about one of the men responsible for preparing President Kennedy's grave at Arlington National Cemetery. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic senator from New York, memorialized Breslin on Sunday as a champion of everyday people. "The sidewalks of New York have lost a great one," Schumer said during his weekly press conference. "Long before 9/11 showed America how great the average New Yorker was, Breslin was doing it every day on the pages of New York's newspapers.". During an interview with CNN in 2013, Breslin offered his thoughts on on his career. "You can get some work, some jobs that will bore you until you're dead," he said. "So you better look for something that's got a little tingle to it.". -CNN's Evan ...

Chuck Berry, Jimmy Breslin, More Recent Notable Deaths

... also the director of "The Ninth Configuration" and "The Exorcist III." (Credit: EPA / Jim Lo Scalzo). William Christopher. William Christopher, far right, died on Dec. 31, 2016, at his home in Pasadena, Calif., according to his agent. He was 84. Christopher, who was best known for his role as Father Mulcahy in "M*A*S*H," was diagnosed with cancer about 18 months ago, his agent said. (Credit: 20 th Century Fox Television). Debbie Reynolds. Actress Debbie Reynolds died on Dec. 28, 2016, just one day after the death of her daughter, "Star Wars" actress Carrie Fisher. Reynolds, best known for her starring roles in "Singin' in the Rain" and "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," was 84. Family sources initially reported that Reynolds suffered a stroke. (Credit: Getty Images / Ethan Miller). Carrie Fisher. "Star Wars" actress Carrie Fisher died at the age of 60 on Dec. 27, 2016, five days after she had a heart attack while in-flight. "It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning," family ...

More Help For Older People Needed In Gop Health Bill

... guys and underdogs, has died. More > >. Monday, March 20 2017 12:25 AM EDT 2017-03-20 04:25:57 GMT. Jury selection is set to begin in the trial of Penn State's former president on charges that his response to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal put children at risk. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 11:05 PM EDT 2017-03-20 03:05:55 GMT. A man who drove to a security checkpoint near the White House in a car that was deemed suspicious has been detained by the Secret Service. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 10:16 PM EDT 2017-03-20 02:16:15 GMT. Jeff Jones, the president of the embattled ride-hailing company Uber, has resigned just six months after taking the job. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 10:16 PM EDT 2017-03-20 02:16:09 GMT. Authorities say a small wildfire burning in the mountains just outside the Colorado city of Boulder has forced people from their homes and is filling the sky with smoke. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 3:25 PM EDT 2017-03-19 19:25:44 GMT. In 2002, Associated Press National Writer Jerry Schwartz sat down with New York's "New Yorkiest" author and columnist Jimmy Breslin to talk about his life, work and New York. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 ...

Pulitzer-winning New York Columnist Jimmy Breslin Dies At 88

... legitimate people," Breslin wrote in his non-fiction book "The Good Rat." "They all proclaim immaculate honesty but each day they commit the most serious of all felonies, being a bore. To whom do you care to listen - Warren Buffett, the second-richest and single most boring person on earth, or Burt Kaplan out of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn?". Breslin's preference was Kaplan, the central figure in "The Good Rat," who was a prolific mob hit man who testified against two New York City policemen accused of committing murders for the Mafia. In a 2013 interview with CNN, Breslin summed up his reporting technique this way: "Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open and keep moving.". Breslin had a knack for finding angles that other reporters did not see. He did it most notably after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, focusing on the Arlington National Cemetery employee who dug Kennedy's grave, while the rest of the journalistic pack followed the president's funeral procession. "Clifton Pollard was pretty sure he was going to be working on Sunday," began the column for the New York Herald Tribune, which ...

Louisiana Sheriff's Deputy Shot, Killed While On-duty

... Boulder has forced people from their homes and is filling the sky with smoke. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 3:25 PM EDT 2017-03-19 19:25:44 GMT. In 2002, Associated Press National Writer Jerry Schwartz sat down with New York's "New Yorkiest" author and columnist Jimmy Breslin to talk about his life, work and New York. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 2:58 PM EDT 2017-03-19 18:58:54 GMT. Authorities say a sheriff's deputy in Louisiana is dead after being shot near a movie theater during the course of an investigation. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 2:15 PM EDT 2017-03-19 18:15:51 GMT. Chuck Berry leaves behind not only a core of rock classics such as "Johnny B. Goode" and "Roll Over Beethoven," but countless descendants in songs clearly indebted to him in sound and in spirit. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 12:35 PM EDT 2017-03-19 16:35:43 GMT. __link__ is taking a ...

Chuck Berry's 1st Album In Decades Is 'sensational

... 2017-03-19 18:58:54 GMT. Authorities say a sheriff's deputy in Louisiana is dead after being shot near a movie theater during the course of an investigation. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 2:15 PM EDT 2017-03-19 18:15:51 GMT. Chuck Berry leaves behind not only a core of rock classics such as "Johnny B. Goode" and "Roll Over Beethoven," but countless descendants in songs clearly indebted to him in sound and in spirit. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 12:35 PM EDT 2017-03-19 16:35:43 GMT. __link__ is taking a leap into the Trump resistance. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 9:25 AM EDT 2017-03-19 13:25:33 GMT. Along with James Dean and J. D. Salinger and a few others in the 1950 s, Chuck Berry, who was ninety when he died Saturday at his suburban St. Louis home, helped define the modern teenager. More > >. By JOSH FUNK. Associated Press. Chuck Berry's death came just weeks before the debut single off his first new studio album in nearly four decades was scheduled to go on sale, ...