In the biography Fat Man In A Middle Seat on Jack
W. Germond's life as a reporter the reader if not
already knowing, learns about a man who knew everyone,
saw everything, and went everywhere involving politics.
The places, people, and situations involving Germond's
life were inflicted in his writing. Some feel strong to
say Germond was one, if not the best political writer of
his time. There are many positives of a couple of
negatives to this biography and the manner in which
Germond approached politics in his work. The author was
very analytical, using his professional background to
support his writing, using the content of politics,
which was merely factual in support of his many thesis,
Jack W. Germond is a very analytical writer. Since
Germond had been around politics and had meet many
people in politics he covered every bases possible.
Without reading his writings for the Washington Star and
Baltimore Sun, in his biography you get a great idea of
his style, and approach, toward the facts, and his
opinion on politics at the time. Germond being
analytical caused him to step on many toes in his
writing. Not offending everyday political parties but
rather the politics themselves. Society loved Nelson A.
Rockefeller, however, in Germond's writing the people
saw a side of Rockefeller that know one had really seen,
except Germond himself, and he did not hold back in any
manner. What Germond saw he wrote for the people
themselves to know, and see as if they had met
Rockefeller. Knowing what people were all about and
what their intentions were, helped Germond to move up
the ladder, and analyzing was the platform to do so.
Germond was a professional with the background that
created success. As said before Germond had many
opinions, in which many were liberal. All of Germond's
readers no matter what political opinions they had,
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