Talk:Frank Mankiewicz

Birth year
Birth year estimated on two interviews cited that mention his age. Jokestress 03:39, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Desegregation busing and private schools
I'm reading a book which mentions Mankiewicz along with other politicians and journalists from the '70s as being the focus of a 60 Minutes profile in which the show said that while these politicians and journalists (and campaign staffers like Mankiewicz) supported desegregation busing for purposes of racial integration, they sent their own children to private DC schools (which were mostly white at that time). I've been asked whether this is a POV contribution, so I thought I would put this on the talk page for discussion. My reason for adding this is because I thought it was interesting and because there is absolutely nothing in this article on Mankiewicz's time as head of McGovern's campaign. It shows that at that time, he was well-known enough to be the focus of attention for his political positions. Meanwhile, his time spent in 1970s politics is given about half a sentence in this article. --Gloriamarie (talk) 21:47, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Gloriamarie, thanks for your candor. If it weren't the only mention in the article of any political view that FM held (or holds), I'd be less inclined to complain. But as it is, it looks and sounds like POV, especially in implying hypocrisy. I agree that the FM article should be longer and richer. But given the source (the book you're reading is presumably the one cited, by the congenitally POV author David Frum), I'd look elsewhere.

By the way, where did Josh and Ben M go to school? Was it really in DC? Many of the private schools around there are actually in Maryland. For that matter, if FM had moved his family 20 blocks or so, his kids would have gone to Montgomery County, MD schools--or private schools--and nobody would have complained, either on 60 Minutes back then or in gotcha writing later on. And he wouldn't have supported the DC schools with his property taxes the way he actually did.

My own POV on Frum: the other week he was doing commentary on Marketplace, the public-radio business program. Not only did he dredge up the old story of how Roosevelt didn't work with Hoover's administration during the 1932-33 transition, but he managed to convince himself that from early November (election) to early the next March (inauguration) is five months, not four. "Almost half a year," as he put it. This shopworn story generally leaves out the fact that Andrew Mellon didn't resign as Secretary of the Treasury until mid-February '33. With 12 years of tenure, he was the unquestioned economic czar of the administration, and in his capacity as Mr. Trickle-Down (his term!), negotiating with him was unlikely to have produced results.

And then there's Frum's actual claim to fame: the utterly inaccurate, essentially mendacious term "Axis of Evil."

Ad hominem? You betcha. But then, this is a talk page, right? RogerLustig (talk) 03:53, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

NPR Obit
The NPR Obit mentioned very briefly service in WWII. While mathematically possible it doesn't seem likely and the Post did not say that he had. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.31.79.145 (talk) 04:00, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

World war II service
Frank Mankiewicz served in world war 2. You can find this in many articles about his death. I cited the New York Times, but there many more that could be added. I'm surprised that it took this long for this basic fact to be added to the article.annoynmous 15:20, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Role on McGovern 1972 Campaign
Many sources describe Mankiewicz as McGovern's campaign manager but many others describe Gary Hart as the McGovern campaign manager (and those tend to have no mention of Mankiewicz).

I recall Hart's role clearly from the time but am confused by the multiple references to Mankiewicz' role.

Wondering where to find a solid primary source -- did one replace the other? Were they both in leadership roles? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eddie Est (talk • contribs) 14:13, 11 February 2015 (UTC)