1952 After his father died, he was accepted as a member of Acina Literature Association. Members generally come from wealthy upper-class families in Louisville, including Potter Bibb, who later became the first publisher of Rolling Stone. As a member of Acina, Thompson often writes articles to help edit the club's yearbook. However, the group cancelled Thompson's membership in 1955 on the grounds that he violated the law and discipline. He was convicted of robbery and served 60 days in Jefferson County Prison, Kentucky. He was released 30 days later and joined the US Air Force a week later. Thompson started his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, and later moved to Descott Air Force Base in Illinois to study electronic products.
From 65438 to 0956, he moved to Pensacola, Florida, near Eglin Air Force Base, where he worked in the Information Department and became the sports editor of the base newspaper. In this position, he covers a wide range of contents, including the Egelin Eagles, the base football team, including the future star and other professional Damaiji, Burakovski and so on.
From 65438 to 0957, he also wrote a series of sports news, which was published in a local newspaper in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Thompson 1958 retired first-class pilots. His commander spoke highly of him. He said, "In short, this pilot is very talented and will not be misled by the rigidity of the policy." Colonel William Evans wrote to the personnel office of Egelin, CEO of Information Services, saying, "Sometimes his rebellious and superior attitude inspired other pilots.
Zuo Gang's reporting style is "based on Faulkner's thought, that is, the best novel is far more true than any form of news". He explicitly opposes the principles of objectivity, neutrality and truth in the traditional concept of news reporting, and thinks that there can be no real "objective" reporting. For a journalist, it is most important to write his personal feelings into the news as much as possible, and try his best to make pioneering thinking and practice from the choice of reporting topics and the reconstruction of the relationship between subject and object. Thompson said that a good left-wing journalist "needs the talent of a big reporter, the vision of painters and photographers, and the diversity of actors."
For a generation of American students, it was hunter thompson who made journalism a dangerous and eccentric profession. The first reporters were gentle white boys in short-sleeved shirts and bow ties. After his appearance, journalists became lucky travelers and always wore sunglasses. Many aspiring journalists showed up at the local town hall again and again in sportswear, cheap sunglasses and interview books, all thanks to him-or blame him.
Thompson's Heisenberg's Law: The existence of observers not only changes the course of events, but often goes beyond the events themselves, which is a wise saying that all bloggers believe in today. Johnny Depp's film Scenery of Las Vegas is adapted from a report of the same name written by Thompson in the name of 197 1 under the guise of a sports reporter "Raoul Duke", which tells that he and his lawyer friend Dr. Gonzo went to Las Vegas to cover the desert motorcycle race, but they were hysterically looking for the American dream under the action of drugs and ecstasy. After Thompson's death, the western media attributed the etymology of just left journalism to Dr. just left, a Samoan lawyer in Las Vegas Hate. However, Christine Othitis, the founder of gonzo, said in her article The Origin and Concept of Left-wing News that a letter from Thompson's friend Bill Cardoso was a spelling mistake of the Canadian French word gonzeaux. Hate in Vegas was published in Rolling Stone magazine in 197 1, which attracted countless left-wing imitators, but none of them was as loyal as Thompson until his death. The farce style of his articles, his political attitude and intense life practice are combined.
Thompson started from sports and politics, and has been deeply rooted in the core of American culture for decades, grasping the pulse of society. He is not only not neutral, but also full of anger. Like an angel of revenge, he exposed the ugly and dark side of American society and politics with bomb-like language. In his "Fear and Disgust" series, he wrote that "Nixon represents the dark, corrupt and hopelessly violent side of America". In Pig of the Century, you can read: "Bush's sin is so deep that he can make Nixon look innocent;" Clinton is a pig, but he is our pig. " Perhaps his greatest strength is honesty. After Thompson committed suicide, Thales told the Associated Press that Thompson was inevitably morally out of line. "In this politically correct era, he will never be politically correct." Otis said in the article that Thompson's distortion has some wisdom, and the truth can also be seen in lies. However, if someone takes everything he writes seriously, he misses the point of leaving journalism. This is not anti-government, but anti-news.
Although Thompson's humorous talents such as "invective" and "acerbity" are unparalleled in the history of American literature, what really puts him in the ranks of humor masters like Mark Twain is his superb writing and the true knowledge behind it. Some people call him the conscience of America, the true American spirit.
Twenty-four hours after the 9 1 1 tragedy in the United States, he wrote an article entitled "Fear and disgust in America", which not only truly grasped the grief of the entire American people and their anxiety about human peace, but also accurately predicted the inevitability of Bush's foreign war. Whether for the rock magazine Rolling Stone or for the sports magazine ESPN in recent years, his articles are always very readable. His appreciation of the language of revelation in the Bible can also be used to describe his own language style. He said that he likes to repeat and quote the sentences in Revelation, not because of any religious belief, but because of the magic of its language, because "it was guided by pure madness and gradually turned into music".
Although Thompson thinks that the name "writer" is more suitable for him than "reporter", his works handed down from ancient times are not literary works like fairy tales woven in an ivory tower, but he grasped the vivid and real side of society with his own unique eyes and left it to the logical and subjective thinking backbone to grow a lush green leaf full of poetic rhythm. He never shy away from expressing his love and hate in strong language. As we all know, Thompson's pursuit of writing has always been serious and respectful. Compared with writing, Thompson's personal life is more like an actor's indulgence, deliberately setting off and highlighting his writing career.