On the Dismissal of Ken Bode

Deadline Poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the March 22, 1999 edition of The Nation.

March 4, 1999

'Cause Washington Week in Review
Had made insufficient ado,
A jazzy new boss
Gave Bode the toss,
Not knowing a storm would ensue.

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The bosses now say there's no doubting
McLaughlin is not what they're touting.
They'll keep on the air
One news program where
Reporters can talk without shouting.

About Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin is The Nation's "deadline poet." He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1963 and has written the syndicated weekly column "Uncivil Liberties" since 1986. He has authored many, many books, including Tepper's Not Going Out and Deadline Poet: My Life as a Doggerelist. more...
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