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culture">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Journalistic_objectivity" title="Journalistic objectivity">Objectivity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/News_values" title="News values">News values</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Source_(journalism)" title="Source (journalism)">Attribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defamation" title="Defamation">Defamation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sensationalism" title="Sensationalism">Sensationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Editorial_independence" title="Editorial independence">Editorial independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Journalism_school" title="Journalism school">Journalism school</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_journalism_articles" title="Index of journalism articles">Index of journalism articles</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#efefef;"> Areas</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0.15em;padding-bottom:0.6em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arts_journalism" title="Arts 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In <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Indian">Anglo-Indian</a> use, <i><a href="/wiki/Pundit_(explorer)" title="Pundit (explorer)">pundit</a></i> also referred to a native of India who was trained and employed by the British to survey inaccessible regions beyond the British frontier.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_use">Current use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pundit&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Current use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output 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template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Josef_Joffe" title="Josef Joffe">Josef Joffe</a>'s book chapter <i>The Decline of the Public Intellectual and the Rise of the Pundit</i> describes a change in the role of public experts and relates to developments in the audience and the media itself.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second half of the 20th century, foreigners like <a href="/wiki/Hannah_Arendt" title="Hannah Arendt">Hannah Arendt</a> or <a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Habermas" title="Jürgen Habermas">Jürgen Habermas</a> and others gained a certain position in the US as public intellectuals due to the (over)specialization of US academics.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A pundit now combines the roles of a public intellectual and has a certain expertise as a media practitioner. They play an increasing role in disseminating ideas and views in an accessible way to the public.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From Joffe's view, <a href="/wiki/Karl_Marx" title="Karl Marx">Karl Marx</a> in Europe and e.g. in the US, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a> were early and <i>relentless pundits</i> ante festum.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the growing role of <a href="/wiki/Think_tank" title="Think tank">think tanks</a> and research institutions like the <a href="/wiki/Brookings_Institution" title="Brookings Institution">Brookings Institution</a>, the <a href="/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute" title="American Enterprise Institute">American Enterprise Institute</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Institute_for_Policy_Research" title="Manhattan Institute for Policy Research">Manhattan Institute</a> provided a place for those dealing with 'big issues' in public language.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term <i>talking head</i> (in existence since 1964<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) has derogatory overtones. For example, the judge in the <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Danielle_van_Dam" title="Murder of Danielle van Dam">David Westerfield trial</a> in San Diego in 2002 said "The talking heads are doing nothing but speculating about what the jury may or may not be thinking".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Punditry has become a more popular vehicle in nightly newscasts on American cable news networks. A rise of partisanship among popular pundits began with <a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_(commentator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill O'Reilly (commentator)">Bill O'Reilly</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox News Channel">Fox News Channel</a>. His opinion-oriented format led him to ratings success and has led others, including <a href="/wiki/Bill_Maher" title="Bill Maher">Bill Maher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keith_Olbermann" title="Keith Olbermann">Keith Olbermann</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Grace" title="Nancy Grace">Nancy Grace</a> to express their opinions on matters on their own programs.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Sports_commentator" title="Sports commentator">sports commentating</a>, a "pundit" or <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">color commentator</a> may be partnered with a play-by-play announcer who will describe the action while asking the pundit for analysis.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pundit&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Popular in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> during 2007 according to a <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> top 10 list:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. WP:FORBESCON (April 2022)">unreliable source?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li>Politics and current events <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Maher" title="Bill Maher">Bill Maher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_(political_commentator)" title="Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)">Bill O'Reilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geraldo_Rivera" title="Geraldo Rivera">Geraldo Rivera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greta_Van_Susteren" title="Greta Van Susteren">Greta Van Susteren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Dobbs" title="Lou Dobbs">Lou Dobbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosie_O%27Donnell" title="Rosie O'Donnell">Rosie O'Donnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh" title="Rush Limbaugh">Rush Limbaugh</a></li></ul></li> <li>Film <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Maltin" title="Leonard Maltin">Leonard Maltin</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pundit&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Columnist" title="Columnist">Columnist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opinion_leadership" title="Opinion leadership">Opinion leadership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pundette" title="Pundette">Pundette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Diggler" title="Carl Diggler">Carl Diggler</a> – fictional character parodying contemporary American political pundits</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_(character)" title="Stephen Colbert (character)">Stephen Colbert (character)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio">Talk radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talk_show" title="Talk show">Talk show</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 February</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Pundit&rft.pub=Cambridge+Dictionary&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.cambridge.org%2Fdictionary%2Fenglish%2Fpundit&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APundit" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EB1911-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChisholm1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. 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Cambridge University Press. p. 649.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Pundit&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=649&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APundit" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"pundit, n." in <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a></i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoffe2003" class="citation book cs1">Joffe, Josef (2003). 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