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After reading about this in Martin Amis' Experience... intrigued.

Part memoir, part social history, Journalists and Their Shadows captures the deplorable state of the American media in our time—recording its deterioration, its moments of crisis and ultimately, its transformation as seen through the eyes of a journalist engaged at its very heart through all its phases. The American media’s dysfunctional relationship with the national security state today is strikingly reminiscent of how it was in the Cold War’s earliest days. As a result, the media has entered into a period of profound transformation, in the course of which independent media are emerging as the profession’s most dynamic sector.

“Patrick Lawrence, as witty and cunning as they come, has written both a rapturous and knife-wielding history of journalism in the post WWII days of America’s containment. His love for our flawed profession and his delight in having been in the mix of it makes his regrets and criticisms ring with only the best of intentions. It also is a hell of a lot of fun to read.” —SEYMOUR HERSH

After reading the article the Matter of the Commas (For the true literary stylist, this seemingly humble punctuation mark is a matter of precision, logic, individuality, and music) By Matthew Zipf | March 3, 2025

I'll give it a shot. Also being 'composed of seemingly unconnected passages that challenge readers to find meaning.' colours me.

theamericanscholar.org/in-the-matter-of-the-commas/