Talk:Mark Bowden

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Re "Guests of the Ayatollah"

Latest comment: 20 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Notes for a possible future article on this new book

Review by Reuel Marc Gerecht

What should the article be named?

"Guests of the Ayatollah (book)"?
"Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam" — way too long

Cheers, CWC(talk) 13:23, 4 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

the Trials & Tribulations section is way too long

Latest comment: 7 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Bowden has been one of the best American journalists over the past 30 years, and his contribution has been massive. It doesn't seem appropriate to me for nearly a third of the article about him to be a rehashing of the grievances raised by the blogger at Trials & Tribulations, with 3 separate links to the blog posts. Sure, it's worth mentioning, but a line or two would do it. Poynter has an even-handed look at the dispute, and it's obvious that Bowden's failings were relatively minor: http://www.poynter.org/2012/vanity-fair-corrects-bowden-story-about-stephanie-lazarus-case/188704/

Yeah, it's incredibly one-sided and cites only the blog itself as a source. No third-party commentary whatsoever, which calls into question just how much weight it should be given. It is clearly non-neutral to me. 100.40.28.53 (talk) 06:19, 19 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Well, it looks like it's been pared back, but now that it has been, it's even more transparently obvious that it's only source is an interested party. I would hope somebody would incorporate some of the Poynter material for balance.Theonemacduff (talk) 18:30, 1 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

External link sources

Latest comment: 7 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved from main article per WP:NOEL:

Works by Mark Bowden at The Atlantic
Works by Mark Bowden at Vanity Fair
Philly.com Biography: Mark Bowden
Atlantic Monthly Biography
Interview on Guests of the Ayatollah at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on June 7, 2006
Bowden discusses The Finish at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on December 12, 2012
The Dark Art of Interrogation, The Atlantic Monthly, October 2003 retrieved September 12, 2010
Appearances on C-SPAN
- In Depth interview with Bowden, June 4, 2006

Rift (talk) 08:28, 28 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

This page was redesigned at the edge.

Re "Guests of the Ayatollah"

the Trials & Tribulations section is way too long

External link sources