Talk:Sarah McClendon

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TheronJ 13:44, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Mr. President, Mr. President!, Sarah McClendon, 1996;
 * My Eight Presidents, Sarah McClendon, 1977.

Birthdate?
There are three different birthdates listed (the summary, the sidebar, and the biography). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.8.119.199 (talk) 11:43, 21 April 2007 (UTC).

Conspiracy theories
The 'Conspiracy Theory' section is filled with personnel attacks and needs clearing up. RicoRichmond (talk) 18:44, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

An Example: McClendon was essentially a thoroughly loathsome and vicious virago and staunch McCarthyite who used the power of the press to launch successive vitriolic attacks against Eisenhower, Kennedy, Carter and Clinton during her notorious career as a so-called "professional yellow journalist."

Should this be on Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.114.214.109 (talk) 18:35, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

These two sentences are also objectionable (how do you define 'vicious', for example?): 1)  "She also attempted to implicate Clinton in the Vince Foster murder in a vicious, libelous and slanderous attempt to have him impeached."  2) "She also beat the impeachment drum incessantly against Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky incident." 2_2_haha 2 2 haha (talk) 15:25, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

I have deleted some of the most un-encyclopedic content in this section. It was beginning to look more like a discussion page than an article. I am requesting that someone with more experience clean up this article. TylerRDavis (talk) 05:16, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

The "Conspiracy Theory" section was an unintelligible mish-mash of guilt by association, non-sequiters and unsourced rumor and did I mention it was unintelligible mess? What does the history of Regnery (or Billy Ray Hargis) publishing have to do with McClendon?--or Billy Ray Hargis? She was friends with a guy who believed that UFOs are what...? Why are friends germane at all? The author(s) were trying to also make some kind of connection to McCarthy but the life of me I couldn't figure out what it was. For the record, between 55%-70% of Americans don't believe Oswald acted alone including a Congressional committee, John Kerry and (look it up) Ronald Reagan. If she reported on the Vince Foster case than any opinions she may have advanced may be useful but as written it was just useless. Detmcphierson (talk) 20:02, 23 November 2014 (UTC)


 * The material originated with this edit in May 2009. An hour later, there was off-site discussion of the material here on the forums associated with the conspiracy-heavy Spartacus Educational. Although Detmcphierson took care of most of it, I removed the remainder of the material that was uncited and not discussed in reliable secondary sources. - Location (talk) 01:16, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Mena, Arkansas cocaine distribution
In the "Other" section, the statement about McClendon's reporting on cocaine distribution out of Mena, Arkansas was tagged for lack of citation. Video exists of McClendon asking Bill Clinton about the drug smuggling operations at Mena. See, e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3-0zVmBL9Y The clip used in that YouTube video isn't dated, but from the context it appears to be in the mid-1990s, while he was president of the United States. Bill Clinton's hair is completely gray in the video, but photos from 1992 show him still having dark hair with just a few streaks of gray. There is no question about whether McClendon reported on the subject; the only question might be if it was "often". The section also mentions The Nation and The Village Voice, so if those publications have electronic archives or article indices, it may be possible to find articles written by McClendon on the subject. — Quicksilver (Hydrargyrum)T @ 18:44, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

"Sharp, blunt"?
I'm well aware that WP is hardly fastidious in prose style, but doesn't the author and/or editor care how silly a sentence that describes McClendon as "posing sharp, blunt questions" sounds? Find a synonym for either "sharp" or "blunt," which in everyday terms are usually antonyms. I understand the meaning of the sentence, but it looks sloppy to say the least.Maccb (talk) 22:04, 2 April 2023 (UTC)