Professional Relationships
Seldes was always a 'non-joiner', refusing to join H. L. Mencken's 'smart set' or the Algonquin Round Table in Harvard University.
Seldes had a strained relationship with Ernest Hemingway, who constantly despised Seldes despite his frequent praise for Hemingway's work.
Edward Murrow and Seldes similarly had a tense professional relationship, as a result of their disagreement over Murrow's portrayal of Senator Joseph McCarthy in Murrow's show, See It Now (9 March 1954). Seldes consistently advocated fair and responsible reporting, and criticised Murrow's intention to disprove McCarthy's credibility. He also regularly panned F. Scott Fitzgerald's work, save for his most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, which he praised in the August 1925 issue of The Dial. Even so, Seldes and Fitzgerald remained good friends throughout their careers.
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