Neal Gabler's definitive biography of this man describes him being clubbed by a cop at the 1968 Columbia student sit-ins.
Neal Gabler's definitive biography of this man describes him being clubbed by a cop at the 1968 Columbia student sit-ins. Because his base of operations was in the Cub Room at the Stork Club, he faced accusations of racism when that club allegedly snubbed Josephine Baker. He was noted for separating items in his columns with three dots and for beginning his broadcasts with the phrase "Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea. Let's go to press." Thanks to his friendship with J. Edgar Hoover, he this man helped orchestrate the surrender of gangster Lepke Buchalter. He is shot after announcing his candidacy for president in Philip Roth's The Plot Against America. After serving as a mouthpiece for the FDR administration, this journalist became an ardent supporter of Joseph McCarthy. For 10 points, name this popularizer of slang and gossip in the American press who was an early opponent of Hitler.
Neal Gabler's definitive biography of this man describes him being clubbed by a cop at the 1968 Columbia student sit-ins.
Walter {Winchell}