After being stymied in a political run for governor as a Democrat, Nick Kristof is doubling back to the New York Times as a journalist. But his return to his columnist gig is marked by a tangled web of journalistic and financial conflicts.
New York Times journalists are strictly prohibited from participating in overt political activity and giving. But Kristof has yet to formally wind down the campaign infrastructure from his failed bid to become Oregon governor. His campaign Pac, Nick for Oregon, has recently been donating tens of thousands...
New York Times journalists are strictly prohibited from participating in overt political activity and giving. But Kristof has yet to formally wind down the campaign infrastructure from his failed bid to become Oregon governor. His campaign Pac, Nick for Oregon, has recently been donating tens of thousands...
- 8/3/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
- [Ed's note: This was originally published during the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.] Patrick Creadon Can you discuss the genius of this project – how did the initial idea come about or how did this become a story you wanted to tell? Did Wordplay put you in a financial hole? As we were wrapping up our last film “Wordplay” we received a call from producer Sarah Gibson about doing a film about the national debt. The film is based loosely on the writings of William Bonner and Addison Wiggin and their book “Empire of Debt”. We thought the story they told was a very fascinating and important one and decided to take on the project. Sarah and the authors had seen “Wordplay” and – only half-jokingly -- thought that if we could make crossword puzzles interesting and entertaining, imagine what we could do with the federal debt! As for “Wordplay”, it was film that Christine and I financed with help from my brother Michael Creadon
- 8/22/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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