John Walcott
@windwardho.bsky.social
Journalist, adjunct world affairs professor at Georgetown and “healthy skeptic”. Played by Rob Reiner in “Shock and Awe”, his movie about the reporters who challenged the Bush administration’s case for invading Iraq. Now writing on Substack.
Despite all the national debate and editorial commentary about political bias, this is a local story, best told from that perspective, like this from a public broadcasting reporter in West Virginia:
open.substack.com/pub/johnwalc...
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Radio Silence?
Trump’s assault on public radio and tv is his latest attempt to silence outlets that don’t sing backup to him.
open.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Despite all the national debate and editorial commentary about political bias, this is a local story, best told from that perspective, like this from a public broadcasting reporter in West Virginia:
open.substack.com/pub/johnwalc...
open.substack.com/pub/johnwalc...
Just when our country and journalism need many more like him.
July 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Just when our country and journalism need many more like him.
If Trump orders them forward deployed to Diego Garcia, it’s worth remembering that when he was first briefed on the island, he asked only two questions: “Are the people nice?” and “Are the beaches good?”
time.com/5518947/dona...
time.com/5518947/dona...
'Willful Ignorance.' Inside President Trump's Troubled Intel Briefings
Officials say Trump gets angry when given information that contradicts his beliefs
time.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If Trump orders them forward deployed to Diego Garcia, it’s worth remembering that when he was first briefed on the island, he asked only two questions: “Are the people nice?” and “Are the beaches good?”
time.com/5518947/dona...
time.com/5518947/dona...
I thought Afrikaaners were a protected klas.
June 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I thought Afrikaaners were a protected klas.