David Carr Dies at 58

[sethbannon]

Earlier today Carr moderated a panel with Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, and Edward ‪Snowden‬ that's worth a watch: http://timestalks.com/laura-poitras-glenn-greenwald-edward-s...

[username3]

Coincidence?

[noart]

David Carr was one of the english language's finest cultural critics. His recent (last?) piece on Brian Williams & Jon Stewart was utterly piercing: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/12/business/media/brian-willi...

[vermontdevil]

This quote is great:

"Perhaps he sensed that he was king of an entropic kingdom imprisoned by incontinence and cholesterol ads."

[mattlutze]

I wonder sometimes if the sort of clarity and vinegar with which this man writes, is only borne from the kinds of past struggle and experience he and many artists seem to share.

[emehrkay]

One thought that entered my mind, and wouldn't quite leave, while reading this is: "I hope that people like and value my work after I'm gone." This article is good writing, even though most of it is just re-telling of actual events.

[misiti3780]

that was really great

[calcsam]

A long piece; reporting on his past life as a junkie: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/magazine/20Carr-t.html?pag...

[bhaumik]

His Reddit AMA reads like an insightful glimpse into his personality, wisdom, and sense of humor.

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/16k598/iama_columnist_....

[wozniacki]

Does anyone - anyone at all, even at the fringes, even at the international fringes, anyone English, Irish, Scottish or anyone even remotely related to the English Isles - resemble David Carr at all, even in the slightest at all?

To me, Paul Carr, and most other Carrs resemble a striking similarity to him.

Its uncanny, like any ever is. Its spellbinding.

It really is. Ask me how. Please do.

[unicornporn]

Visting his Twitter feed is so strange... It gives me the feeling that in a way he's still here. :( https://twitter.com/carr2n

10h ago carr2n retweeted: Watch @citizenfour @TimesTalks w/ @ggreenwald, Laura Poitras, Ed Snowden & @carr2n. Livestream starts in 15 minutes: http://timestalks.com/laura-poitras-glenn-greenwald-edward-s...

[codeaken]

I first heard of David Carr in the documentary about New York Times called Page One [1]. David Carr is extensively covered in it and you, amongst other things, learn of his troubled past.

[1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1787777/

[scott_s]

I highly recommend that documentary to anyone with any interest in journalism.

[krebby]

One of the best scenes from Page One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLmkec_4Rfo

Carr talks to the Vice guys about their deal with CNN: "Just because you put on a fucking safari helmet and looked at some poop, doesn't give you the right to insult what we do."

[flippyhead]

Such a bummer. I really liked David Carr. He's a great journalist and his personal story is incredible.

[3am]

Tom Levenson posted a very nice tribute to him here: http://www.balloon-juice.com/2015/02/13/on-david-carr/

[mitkok]

It looks like Hacker News is becoming NY Times proxy.

[wozniacki]

Since there is a feverishly down-voting activity in this particular grade, let us all ask what it is that you fledgling participants who wish to have their opinions heard, have to say.

Please do so. Downvoting isn't going to the swing the pendulum to the other extreme.

Trust me on this. I've been on here long enough.

Please explicate your opinion and I shall make happen it, if I shall. Thank you.

[dang]

Please don't break the HN guidelines by complaining about downvoting.

Please don't post comments like this as off-topic replies to the top comment. That's an abuse of the commenting system. (We've detached this one.)

[logn]

The feverish downvoting is in response to the low-content posts. From the current downvotes I think the only opinion wanting to be heard is that we need better quality comments.

[CmonDev]

Who was the dude? I would mention in the title. Would save me those wasted few minutes.

[72deluxe]

I'm sorry but who is he? Could someone update the title to be more informative?

[maxerickson]

Here's the first paragraph of the link:

David Carr, a writer who wriggled away from the demon of drug addiction to become an unlikely name-brand media columnist at The New York Times, and the star of a documentary about the newspaper, died on Thursday in Manhattan. He was 58.

If you didn't already know his work, I can't see why you would care to know any more than that. I've responded to your comment, but really, I'm responding to the whole category of comments that say "Why should I care about this.". Moreover, if those comments aren't interested enough to spend a couple minutes looking into it themselves, how interested are they actually going to be in any responses?

[sgustard]

Help out his family by buying his excellent memoir.

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Gun-reporter-investigates-darkes...

[edvinbesic]

Don't get me wrong, I don't mind helping out, but with the risk of downvoting, why does a prominent journalist family in NYC need help?

Honestly, not trying to be snarky, truly wondering.

[petesoder]

Believe me, you don't need to read his book to simply participate in commerce. Without a doubt, this book was one of the most moving memoirs I've ever read. Very highly recommended. The bonus is that he's an incredible writer.