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Never Trust an Editor Over 40

Howard Kurtz today:

Sometimes middle-aged editors just don’t get it. Last September, 25-year-old Newsweek reporter Andrew Romano pitched a story on Barack Obama’s appeal to young voters, and his 31-year-old editor approved. But as Romano wrote recently, their 43-year-old boss nixed the idea, saying he’d heard overblown claims of youth support in too many past campaigns. The evidence pointed to Managing Editor Dan Klaidman, who cheerfully admits to blowing the call.

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