Talk:Tom Brokaw

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replies: text: Already fixed, can be ignored. LK (talk) 08:11, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: With an author who defined the WW II generation as "great," it becomes important to include his own acknowledgment that he avoided the draft with flat feet.   Those who honor the WW II generation (which deserves honor) forget that Truman did not desegregate the military until 1948 and WW II was filled with violence that liberals today would abhor such as the firebombing of Tokyo and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.   Context and perspective would vastly improve this Wikipedia article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.27.38 (talk) 14:11, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
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message: It says in the sidebox "Children: 5." Later in the "Personal Life," it says he has 3 daughters. Are there 2 secret children or is it an honest mistake? 98.10.165.90 (talk) 16:32, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
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message: Brokaw suggested that Hispanics make a greater effort to assimilate, with focus on learning English, and afterwards he recieved wide criticism. 
:LA Times: During a panel discussion on the NBC news program, Brokaw commented that “Hispanics should be working harder at assimilation… You know, they ought not to be just codified in their communities, but make sure that all their kids are learning to speak English, and that they feel comfortable in the communities,” he said, and added that it’s a view he's been sharing “for a long time.” https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-tom-brokaw-apology-20190128-story.html
* NYMag
* The Root
* CNN
* The Atlantic
* Chicago Tribune
* FoxNews
* CNN
* The Hill
Coincidentally, recently a chief minister in Mexico outlined a plan to get Mexico's fluency in English to 100 percent, its current fluency is less than fifty, and they don't yet make English mandatory until the seventh grade.-Inowen (nlfte) 00:09, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Whether or not this should be included, and if so, how much elaboration it should get, depends on WP:PROPORTION (WP:NPOV) and WP:BLPSTYLE. Will it be worth including in an encyclopedia five years down the road, or is it just churnalism of the day (see also WP:RECENTISM)? How does it fit in with the scope of Brokaw's career? Do we need to give every pundit's opinion just because they blogged or tweeted? (note many of the above are opinion pieces). Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a running diary of everything that happens. I say let's wait and see: if it ends his career, it should definitely get mention. If it fizzles out after a few news cycles, becoming a mere embarrassing footnote in a 50-year career, and something we wouldn't expect to find in a full length professional Encyclopedia Britannica article, it probably deserves no more than a sentence or two, and may not merit mention at all. --Animalparty! (talk) 01:19, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you point to this guideline which says that only career-ending blunders are documented? -Inowen (nlfte) 03:50, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Of course not, and I never said only career-ending blunders are documented. Can you point to a guideline that says everything that's ever happened to a subject must be included? Other guidelines include WP:VNOTSUFF, which means that mere verifiability does not guarantee inclusion. With breaking news it can be difficult to tell whether something passes the '10-year test'. My only goal is to help craft an article that is as good now is it would be in 10 years, assuming nothing else noteworthy happens in that time. --Animalparty! (talk) 04:46, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: It will be impossible to do as you say for Wikipedia to write an article now that will make it so no one can edit it for the next ten years. -Inowen (nlfte) 06:31, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments on assimilation 

message: Although you quote Brokaw saying something similar at the initial tower collapse, he had already remarked, after the second plane hit the World Trade Center, "Clearly, we are at war." 97.83.108.157 (talk) 18:48, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brokaw"s remarks on 9/11 

message: During the early June 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations Brokaw, bicycling next to a cameraman or woman on another bicycle (or in the backseat of a car), reported on events unfolding around him. 97.83.108.157 (talk) 18:58, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Big Brokaw story completely left out