U-Abe Rosenthal usweleke izolo eneminyaka engama-84, ngenxa yesifo esibuhlungu esibuhlungu kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo. Njengomhleli ophambili we INew York Times Ukusukela ngo-1969 ukuya kowe-1985, waphefumlela ukonwatyiswa ngakumbi, ukulingiswa kunye nokunyanzeliswa kunayo nayiphi na intatheli yesizukulwana sakhe.
Wayefuduka esuka eNew York kwisixeko saseNew York, owafikelwa sisifo esikhubazekayo eneminyaka eli-17 esasiyimfihlakalo kwisibhedlele saseHarlem, de omnye udadewabo wamngenisa njengelungelo lothando kwikliniki yaseMayo. Apho wafunyaniswa ukuba une-osteomyelitis, kwaye wenza utyando olambuyisela ezinyaweni zakhe. Oodadewabo abane kwabahlanu basweleka engekabi mdala.
Wazalelwa eSault Ste. UMarie, eOntario (kunye neminyaka engamashumi amahlanu kamva, xa Amaxesha Intatheli yezemidlalo uRobin Herman uchonge umdlali weHockey uPhil Esposito njengesona siqithi sidumileyo, wakhawuleza wamlungisa.) Usapho lwakhe lwafudukela eBronx xa yayiseyinkwenkwana. Ufumene ubuntatheli kwiKholeji yesiXeko, apho wayengumhleli wephephandaba, kunye nomnxibelelanisi wekholeji Ixesha . Ukuqala kwam ukuba ngumabhalane wakhe ngo-1973, emva kwesitayile njengentatheli yaseKholeji yaseColumbia, wandixelela ukuba isenzo sakhe sokuqala njengomhleli wedolophu yayikukunyusa umrhumo wenyanga weSithethi seKholeji yesiXeko kwisixa esihlawulwe kwintatheli yaseColumbia.
Wayekrelekrele, ezinekratshi, kwaye engaqinisekanga ngokumangalisayo. Uxelele umhlobo ukuba kwiminyaka yakhe yokuqala emihlanu njengomhleli ophezulu wephepha, wayefika yonke imihla elindele ukugxothwa. Kodwa kwavela ukuba uArthur (Punch) Sulzberger wayethetha into ayithethileyo ekubhalweni komfanekiso owawuyinto yokuqala oyibonileyo xa ungena kwiofisi kaRosenthal: Kuyo yonke iminyaka ezayo.
Iminyaka esithoba eyintatheli yelinye ilizwe e-India, ePoland, Swizalend nase Japan yamzisela iileta zabalandeli ezivela kubasasazi abancinci abanjengoGay Talese, kwaye wabamba ingqalelo yomhleli wesigqeba u-Turner Catledge, owamrhwebeshela eNew York ukuba abe ngumhleli wedolophu ngo-1963. .
Ukusukela ngoko ukuya phambili, de walishiya igumbi leendaba, u-Arthur Gelb wayelisekela lakhe elibalulekileyo, ekhupha izimvo ezinjenge volcano. Ngokudibeneyo, ngoncedo olubalulekileyo oluvela kuSeymour Topping, bayiguqula Amaxesha ukusuka kwiphepha eligunyazisiweyo kodwa elinamacandelo amabini kwigumbi lombane elinamacandelo amane ahlaziye iimali zawo, ngaphandle kokuphazamisa kakhulu ukuzibophelela kwakhe kwiindaba ezinzima.
URosenthal waba ngumhleli ophetheyo ngo-1969, unyaka emva kokuba uClay Felker eqale Inew York kwiphephancwadi. Emva kwexesha, uRosenthal waziqhayisa ngokuba zonke iingcamango zikaClay zenkonzo yobuntatheli, njengoko wayeliguqula iphepha laba yindawo yokutya nefashoni. Kodwa i Amaxesha umntu akazange anikezele kwezinye izilingo zeNew Journalism.
Ndimncomile ngokungaphaya komlinganiso kuba uthathe indawo enemigaqo-nkqubo xa yayingathandwa kwaye kungekho mntu uyithathayo, kwaye yagcina Ixesha ke, URenata Adler uthe namhlanje, ebhekisa ukuzibophelela kukaRosenthal kwinyani. Akazange anikezele kokuba intatheli yayiba yintoni… Ibisiya iba zizinto ezininzi ezingalunganga; kodwa enye ibiyimoto engeloncedo lwentatheli. Kwaye akazange ayivumele loo nto. Wayefuna nokunika ingxelo enokuxhaswa ngandlela thile ngaphaya 'ngokutsho kwegosa elingaziwayo.'
(Kwelinye lamaxesha okuqaqamba kwabo, u-Rosenthal no Mnu. Gelb bathatha indawo ka-Bosley Crowther bamgxeka u-Ms Adler ngo-1968. Wahlala unyaka nje kuphela, kodwa ikopi yakhe yaguqula into eyamkelekileyo njengokugxekwa kwenkcubeko kwiphephandaba.)
Njengomhleli we IWashington Post Ngexesha elininzi lokuhlala kukaRosenthal, uBen Bradlee wayengoyena mntu wayekhuphisana naye. Uye wanika Amaxesha eyona minyaka intle babenayo, utshilo uMnu. Bradlee namhlanje. Ngokongeza onke la macandelo, wagqiba Ixesha ; Wongamela inguquko yokwenene ephepheni; zaza zalunga njengoko zazicinga. Ndifuna ukubetha iingqondo zakhe, kodwa wayeyindoda ethandekayo, kwaye ndandimthanda kakhulu.
Kwaye ngelixa wonke umntu eyikhumbula loo nto Ixesha wabethwa kakubi nguWoodward noBernstein kwiminyaka emibini yokuqala yeWatergate, phantse wonke umntu ulibele ukuba emva kokuba uRosenthal eqeshe uSy Hersh ukugubungela ihlazo, kwiinyanga ezisibhozo ngaphambi kokuba uNixon arhoxe, Ixesha utshatise Inkqubo ye- Thumela Kwibali, phantse ufumane i-scoop.
UNorm Pearlstine, okhuphisana ngokuchasene noRosenthal njengomhleli we Ijenali yeWall Street , wayembiza ngokuba ngoyena mhleli ubalulekileyo, nobalulekileyo ebomini bam. Kwaye ndiyatsho ukuba ngaphandle kwento yokuba amandla awabanjwa nguBob McFadden ngale ntsasa ayethetha ukuba abantu abanetalente ethile bakhethe ukungasebenzi apho-kwaye ndingumxhamli walonto. Wadibanisa ukugxila okungaqhelekanga kunye nokuzinikezela kunye nomnqweno omkhulu wobukrelekrele. Wabudibanisa ke nobakhe ubomi kunye nelo lephepha, kangangokuba wayengabanyamezeli abantu ababengathandi ukwenza okufanayo. Oko kusenokwenzeka ukuba kwakuthetha ukuba ulahlekelwe ngabantu abathile ngaloo nto Ixesha Ndinqwenela ukuba bengalahlekanga – kubandakanya abanye ababuyele emva kokuba emkile.
Xa ndasebenza kuMnu Pearlstine, wabaleka elona phephandaba linyanisekileyo endakha ndalibhalela. Kodwa uRosenthal waba nesona sigwebo seendaba sakha nawuphi na umhleli endakha ndasazi. Emva kwexesha, i-neo-conservatism eyoyikisayo kaRosenthal yaba luphawu lwekholamu yakhe ye-Op-ed, kodwa ezopolitiko zakhe zazingafane zichaphazele indlela awayegubungela ngayo iindaba. (Iklabhu yakhe yesidlo sasemini-eyaziwa ngokungacwangciswanga njenge-Rosenthal yeklabhu kaMongameli-yayiquka u-Oz Elliot, u-Irving Kristol, uBill Buckley, uDick Clurman, uArthur Gelb, noTeddy White.
Ukutya kwaseBuckley bekuhlala kumnandi, utshilo uMnu Gelb namhlanje. Kodwa emva kwethutyana ndiyekile ukuhamba kuba indwendwe enye okanye ezimbini bezizele kangangokuba ekugqibeleni ndaye ndaphelelwa ngumdla wokutya.
U-Seymour Topping, owaba ngumhleli ophetheyo xa u-Rosenthal wanyuselwa waba ngumhleli olawulayo, ebambe onke amaphepha eenkomfa zeendaba. Ukusukela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-70 ukuya kutsho kumhlala-phantsi wam ngowama-86, andizange ndibone mzekelo apho ukuthambekela kwakhe kulondolozo kuye kwanefuthe kumdlalo weendaba, uMnu Topping undixelele namhlanje.
Leyo yindlela awayegcina ngayo iphepha-ndaba.
Kodwa wayengekho ngaphezulu kwe-hyping, ngakumbi xa wayengumhleli wedolophu. Ibali awalikhuthazayo malunga namangqina angamashumi amathathu anesibhozo angasihoyi isikhalo sikaKitty Genovese xa wabulawa saphikiswa kakhulu ziintatheli ezaziphande ngenene ngemini elandelayo yokubulala. Batsho ukuba ixhoba lakhutshwa ngumhlaseli, kwaye uninzi lwabamelwane babecinga ukuba bamamele ingxabano yasekhaya. Nkqu Ixesha ngokwayo iphose ukungathandabuzeki ebalini kwisiqwenga samagama se-3,000 esasisebenza kwiCandelo lesiXeko kwi2004.
Enye ingxaki kaRosenthal yindlela ubuhlobo bakhe obusondeleyo kunye nezityebi kunye nodumo ngamanye amaxesha kubangele ukugqwetha okungaqhelekanga kwemigangatho yephephandaba. Xa uJohn Leonard wayengumgxeki weencwadi zemihla ngemihla, uRosenthal wayehlala emhlela. Kwaye xa uMnu Leonard wafaka incwadi ngumhlobo osenyongweni kaRosenthal, uBetty Friedan, ukuphindaphinda kokuphononongwa kukaMnu. Leonard ngesiquphe kunqunyulwa phakathi.
Akukho namnye owanikwa ingqalelo ekhethekileyo njengoJerzy Kosinski, owayehamba noRosenthal ngotyelelo lwasebusuku kwezinye zeendawo zesixeko ezingaqhelekanga. Xa ifayile ye- Ilizwi leLali Ucebise ngo-1982 ukuba uMnu. Kosinski ngekhe abenguye yedwa umbhali wazo zonke iinoveli zakhe, Ixesha baphendule ngelizwi elingazange libonwe lika-650 lika-Mnu. Kosinski, elaqala ngaphezulu kwiphepha eliphambili kwicandelo lezoBugcisa nezoLonwabo. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, inqaku elingaqhelekanga latyhola ukuba isiqwenga esikwi Ilizwi wayekhuthazwe ngokungangqalanga ngephulo lesikhohlo elaliqhutywa ngurhulumente wamaKomanisi wasePoland.
Ngelo xesha, ndandisele ndimkile Ixesha ukuba ngumgxeki weendaba kwi Iindaba zeendaba . Xa ndichaza Ixesha isiqwenga malunga noKosinski njengobona bungqina buqaqambileyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ngokuzimisela kukaRosenthal ukusebenzisa amandla eXesha ukuvuza abahlobo kunye nokohlwaya iintshaba, impendulo kaRosenthal yayingaphaya kwe-apoplexy, ngokutsho komnye wabancedisi bakhe.
URosenthal wayenengxaki nabantu abathandanayo, nangona ndingazange ndicinge ukuba ndiyachaphazeleka yile nto, kuba bendisasebenza ngokuqinileyo ekhabhathini xa ndisebenza Ixesha . UWalter Clemons wayengenathamsanqa. Xa uClemons ngokucacileyo wayengumgqatswa ogqwesileyo ukugcwalisa islot njengomnye wabagxeki beencwadi zemihla ngemihla ngo-1970, uRosenthal wamdlula emva kokuba uChristopher Lehmann-Haupt exelele umhleli ukuba uMnu Clemons wayelisitabane.
Ndandinomsindo kwaye ndibuhlungu, kwaye ndacinga, Inantoni na le nto? UClemons ukhumbula.
Kwelinye icala, xa uRosenthal eqala ukuthandana noShirley Lord, umhleli wezobuhle eVogue, abantu abangakumbi besini esinye bangena kwisangqa sakhe sentlalontle, kwaye wakhululeka ngakumbi kubo. NgoJanuwari, ngo-1993, wade wasebenzisa ikholamu yakhe ukuphuma evuma isindululo sexesha elifutshane sikaBill Clinton sokuvumela abantu abathandana nabantu besini esinye ukuba basebenze ngokuphandle emkhosini.
URosenthal wayenomdla odumileyo, nangona iimpapasho ezikhuphisanayo zazingasoloko zilumkile ngokwaneleyo ukuba zisebenzise izimvo zakhe. Xa iteyiphu yeWatergate ityhila ukuba uRichard Nixon wayethe, andikuniki ikuku okwenzekayo, ndifuna ukuba niyigibisele ngamatye, Ixesha eprintiweyo ikaka okokuqala, nangona kuphela kumbhalo wekhasethi, kwaye hayi kwibali leendaba elihamba nayo.
Xa i Iindaba zeendaba Intatheli yabiza uRosenthal ukubuza ukuba ingaba olu yayilutshintsho lwenyikima kwimigangatho yephepha, waphendula wathi, Hayi. Siza kuthatha ikaka kuMongameli.
Kodwa iphephancwadi alizange liyiprinte.
Eyona nto yasasazwa kakhulu yindlela awasabela ngayo xa kwavezwa ukuba intatheli ye-Times uLaura Foreman wayelele kwiphondo lase-Pennsylvania u-Sen. U-Henry J. 'Buddy' u-Cianfrani, ngethuba wayegubungela ezopolitiko kwi-Inquirer yase-Philadelphia. Andikhathali nokuba iintatheli zam ziyindlovu, utshilo uRosenthall, ukuba nje abayigubungeli isekisi. Emveni koko wagxotha u Foreman.
Umbhaleli waseWashington uSteve Weisman ngomnye wabantu abaninzi bexesha elithe lakhumbula uRosenthal ngothando izolo. Kungekudala emva kokuba uRosenthal waba ngumbhali wekholamu, yena kunye nenkosikazi yakhe entsha, uShirley Lord, batyelela iWeisman eIndiya, indawo awayeyithanda uRosenthal okoko wayehlala apho njengentatheli.
Mnumzana Weisman, Rosenthal kunye noNks Lord baya kwisikhululo sikaloliwe saseNew Delhi ngentsimbi yeshumi elinanye ebusuku. Yayihlokondiba nje, uMnu Weisman ukhumbule, kunye nabantu abangenamakhaya ababemise inkampu, bepheka izidlo zabo kunye neentsapho zabo. Yayinuka yonke into, kwaye u-Abe wayijonga nje wathi, ‘Ndiyayithanda lento.’ Uvele wamkela izinto ezingamkelwa ngabantu.
Emva kohambo lobusuku kuloliwe, iqela ligqithiselwe kwimoto ukuya kunyuka intaba ukuya kudliwanondlebe noDali Lama. Ndiyithetha le nto ngothando, utshilo uMnu. Weisman. Kwakumangalisa kakhulu ukuba phambi kwabantu ababini ababecinga ukuba bangoThixo.
