Photo: Joe Schildhorn /BFAnyc.com. I didn't know Peter Kaplan. I never met him. His son is a close friend of mine, and I knew that my friend's father, whose name was Peter, was ill. It was, therefore, a particularly eerie kind of shock to visit Gawker today and find a familiar name -- not to mention face -- on the homepage. Being a writer and a resident of New York City, I should have known more about Kaplan the editor. In many ways, he is a symbol of the best qualities a journalist can possess....
Photo: Joe Schildhorn /BFAnyc.com. I didn't know Peter Kaplan. I never met him. His son is a close friend of mine, and I knew that my friend's father, whose name was Peter, was ill. It was, therefore, a particularly eerie kind of shock to visit Gawker today and find a familiar name -- not to mention face -- on the homepage. Being a writer and a resident of New York City, I should have known more about Kaplan the editor. In many ways, he is a symbol of the best qualities a journalist can possess....
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