Talk:Nicholas Kristof

Neutrality
This article should also include the criticisms he's received for inaccuracies, simplifying or at least failing to explain the underlying problems that leave women and children vulnerable to abuse, playing the "white savior", and engaging in controversial practices like "raid and rescues" which some sex workers and human rights advocates believe do more harm then good, etc.

As it stands the article does not cover the full spectrum of public reception to his work.

Possible references to address this issue include: |The Anti-Nicholas Kristof Backlash, |The White Knight, |'Times' Column Is Slammed For Its Portrayal Of Central African Republic, |Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof Is Looking More and More Like He’s Running for Oregon Governor, |Inside the Shady Sex-Work Abolitionist Group That Gutted Pornhub, |Nick Kristof and the Holy War on Pornhub — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.88.107.69 (talk) 19:13, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Defamation Suit
Did anything ever come of this? I read in the news that in early May the suit was allowed to go forward. Hmm, other than that, however, nothing much was said. Shadowrun 04:34, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Atypical Liberal?
Kristof is known for taking some positions that push against the grain of what is commonly believed by most American liberals. He strongly advocates expanding the use of nuclear power, calling it a "green" technology, he's for the use of DDT in specific instances, like for mosquito netting, I recall he once stated that despite his opposition to the Iraq war, the greatest danger was from those who advocate an immediate, unconditional withdrawl of American forces, and he champions so-called "sweatshops" as an imperfect but acceptable & preferable form of labor for third world nations. Should this against-the-grain attitude be reflected in the article?


 * Unlike some of the more...idealistic reporters of our time (Anderson Cooper comes directly to mind), he's more down to earth and far more realistic about his oppinions. Yeah, if it could woven into the main article with neutral attitude, I could see that stance viable to put add. Shadowrun 17:23, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

"Win a Trip with Nick Kristof contest" section
This section is longer than any other in the article and is definitely the least relevant to Kristof himself. Any objection if I cut it down substantially? Delicious carbuncle (talk) 04:08, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Plagarism of Kristof's NYT bio
The line "He has lived on four continents, reported on six, and traveled to 150 countries and all 50 states." is a cut and paste of Kristof's NYT bio. It is, at the very least, uncited close paraphrasing. Please advise. 129.10.76.111 (talk) 20:57, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

My name is James Henry Willis. I was friends with Ladis Kristof and am still friends with Jane. She is an activist and I see her most months at the Yamhill County Democratic Central Committee think tank, where we plan political campaigns. Jane has informed me many times that Nicholas was born before they left Chicago, but that a local partisan keeps placing his birth as Yamhill OR. I don't think you could get more authoritative about a birth than the word of the mother. Dr. Kristof is, as they say, still sharp as a tack. Forgive me if this posting is incorrectly placed or formatted.


 * The article says his parents are professors at Portland State. Professors of what? Thanks.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.174.233.97 (talk) 23:57, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

New image


Here's a picture for Nickolas Kristof in Pearl Roundabout last February. The guy shaving him is a Pakistani who currently works and lives in the village of Bani Jamra, Bahrain. Abraj Al Lulu can be seen in the background. If anyone is interested, this image can be added to the article and maybe a section can be written about his opinions regarding the 2011-2012 Bahraini uprising. Bahraini Activist (talk) 13:48, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Jane McWilliams Kristof's ethnic / racial background?
Kristof's father's ethnicity is discussed briefly yet in some detail. However, his mother's race / ethnicity is ignored. Why is the father's ethnicity privileged over that of the mother? Because of institutional patriarchy on the part of the writers of this article (or institutional racism if his mother is a person of color)? I hope someone can correct this inequity that characterizes too may Wikipedia articles, i.e., the privileging one parent's ethnic / racial background by discussing it while erasing from consciousness that of the other parent.

If someone answers that the ethnicity / race of the other parent is simply unknown at the present time, then Wikipedia writers should at least address that inequity by mentioning such. Otherwise the charges of patriarchy and / or racism will howl against the injustice of (willful?) ignorance of it (which may not be the fault of Wikipedia).

As one awaits the ethnicity / race of Kristof's mother from a researcher (perhaps James Henry Willis who writes above and who claims to know the mother personally), one is reminded that justice delayed is justice denied. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.52.106.39 (talk) 20:08, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

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Quote Favoring Iraq Regime Change
I've deleted the following quote from the Iraq War section. It followed another one from the same op-ed, the column of Aug 27, 2002 entitled "Wimps on Iraq." The quote deleted is "President Bush has convinced me that there is no philosophical reason we should not overthrow the Iraqi government, given that Iraqis themselves would be better off, along with the rest of the world." This is, in isolation, an accurate quote from the source cited.

This sounds like Kristof had adopted a favorable opinion of invading to overthrow Saddam Hussein. But reading the column, one realizes that Kristof went on to make clear that even if the idea of regime change is accepted, he opposed the invasion because, given conditions in Iraq and the region, bad effects would likely far outweigh the 'good' of disposing Saddam. He then ends the column with scathing criticism of George Bush for ignoring these factors; this criticism includes the quote that preceded the one I removed from the Wikipedia article.

Matter could be added to the article to explain this context, but I don't think introducing such complexity would serve the encyclopedic purpose of clarity for the general reader. It seems to me the quote was included by someone who either did not really understand it in context, or else quoted out-of-context deliberately, to muddy the record. Either way, there is no good reason for the quote to be in the wiki article in the first place. Regionrat1234 (talk) 10:39, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

@ Samplingwithreplacement: Thanks for your editing on this section. Improved flow, got things in propert order. Good editing! Regionrat1234 (talk) 02:10, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

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