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Walter Shapiro
The Irrepressible Walter Shapiro
The Irrepressible Walter Shapiro.
A reporter who was cutting without being snarky, and sincere without being corny, my late friend pulled off a balancing act for 50 years that made him one of the great political journalists of our time.
The Reporter Who Made Us Love Politics—Or Tried
Walter Shapiro’s journalism was big-hearted, clear-eyed, and guided by a deep reverence for the whole operating-level panorama of American democracy.
Walter Shapiro’s journalism was big-hearted, clear-eyed, and guided by a deep reverence for the whole operating-level panorama of American democracy.

