Talk:Robert Scheer

message: I have deleted a few incorrect points from this entry about Scheer's time at Ramparts magazine. For one thing, there was a lot of material about Eldrige Cleaver, and it seems to me that belongs in Cleaver's own Wiki entry. The excuse to include it here is that Scheer allegedly hired Cleaver, however it was Ramparts' publisher who did so. The note that Cleaver led a trip that Scheer attended is relevant enough and I left that alone. Also there was a false claim that Scheer, along with David Horrowitz, had loaned out an employee to the Black Panthers who was later killed. Scheer had been forced out of Ramparts by that time and would not have had any say in its employees' comings and goings. All of this is well documented in a recent book, "A Bomb in Every Issue" by Peter Richardson. I suggest using it to check some of these facts if anyone objects to them.
I also deleted some text about Scheer's alleged antagonism to women. There is no basis for this claim other than his having written for Playboy magazine. Scheer has written for many magazines, including Ms. He is married to a feminist and has written extensively in defense of the rights of women. His playboy writings focused on politics and national and global affairs, not pornography.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.175.167.62 (talk) 22:48, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ramparts and women 

message: I'm just curious as to why FrontPage.com is described as a "right-wing" blog  while Truthdig is described as "progressive"?  -- Gerkinstock 03:40, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You are welcome to edit the article and see if anybody objects. Sincerely, your friend, GeorgeLouis (talk) 03:01, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Truthdig vs. FrontPage

message: I added a "Political Views" section with a sub-head, "Iraq War." I thought this added a lot to the article, which had almost no information on Scheer's stance on the War - a stance which was often controversial and played a big part in Scheer's career. I hope others will find it balanced and informative.
I also added a bit more to the part about Scheer's dismissal from the L.A. Times. When I first read the section I found it a bit confusing and think the added information clarifies the controversy while maintaining, I hope, a balanced NPOV. Langtry (talk) 21:48, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political Views section 

message: There is a reference to Scheer accompanying a lefty/Black Panther delegation to N. Korea in 1970. No documentation is provided. The entire section seems to be a weaselly Trojan Horse to associate Scheer with some strident Panther agitprop which concludes the section. If documentation for this isn't provided, I'll delete the entire section.
Tapered (talk) 04:24, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know if Scheer is mentioned in it (or how often), but Cleaver's notebook from the trip is available online somewhere.--Ralfdetlef (talk) 03:58, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: North Korean trip coverage

message: Scheer's role as a New Left radical and his numerous, crazy associations and advocacies, (Kim Il Sung for God's sake!), are totally downplayed in this sanitized, left-leaning, depiction of someone who's never had the moral courage or integrity to answer for all the reckless, wrong, immoral positions he's taken, consistently, throughout his life.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.74.85.38 (talk) 04:52, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You are welcome to  edit the article. Simply provide the sources, within the article if you like, and let somebody else do the footnoting for you. Sincerely, and all the best, GeorgeLouis (talk) 03:04, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hagiography 

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message: The sentence about his meeting with Castro makes no sense to me. He already had the diary or the rights to publish it, but went to Castro nevertheless?  
--Ralfdetlef (talk) 03:37, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guevara's Diary