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David E. Hoffman

David Emanuel Hoffman (born November 14, 1953) is an American writer and journalist. He spent the majority of his journalistic career at The Washington Post, working there from 1982 to 2009 and 2012 to 2025 as both Moscow bureau chief (1995–2001) and as a contributing editor. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2010 for The Dead Hand, a book about the legacy of the nuclear arms race, and another Pulitzer Prize in 2024 for his "Annals of Autocracy" article series on the tactics authoritarian regimes use to repress dissent.

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David Emanuel Hoffman (born November 14, 1953) is an American writer and journalist. He spent the majority of his journalistic career at The Washington Post, working there from 1982 to 2009 and 2012 to 2025 as both Moscow bureau chief (1995–2001) and as a contributing editor. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2010 for The Dead Hand, a book about the legacy of the nuclear arms race, and another Pulitzer Prize in 2024 for his "Annals of Autocracy" article series on the tactics authoritarian regimes use to repress dissent.

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1953-11-14 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 2002 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1953-11-14". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "2002". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372388703

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