Talk:Charles Van Doren

"Noted American Intellectual"?
Has anyone read his most famous book A History of Knowledge? He can hardly be considered an intellectual after having published that book. I have rarely ever seen a book that omitted more information and included other information that didn't belong in a summarizing history book. He may be a lot of things, but an "intellectual" he is not. The opening line of this biographical piece should be changed to reflect who and what he has achieved. Stevenmitchell 19:13, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I absolutely agree. And "noted"? Anyway it seems the Van Doren's might have gone into digital age with their rigging... "Oh look I am so smart, I got all the answers given to me in advance". A certain class of "intellectuals" are ok with that. 213.249.16.96 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 02:16, 1 September 2009 (UTC).

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Memoir
In his memoir, published in the July 28, 2008 number of The New Yorker, Van Doren states that he plead guilty to a charge of "second-degree perjury for lying to the grand jury." So we need clarification about whether or not he was found guilty of a crime. The Wikipedia page now states: "However, nothing that anyone did violated any law that was in effect at the time, so no one went to jail as a result of direct involvement in the quiz show scandals." 24.213.151.2 (talk) 20:18, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

What does this mean
"while suggesting also that Van Doren was a different kind of innocent."

Dutch
Both Van Doren and Stempel seem to have Dutch names. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.160.139.195 (talk) 21:16, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

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