Editor Lewis H. Lapham was criticized for his reportage of the 2004 Republican National Convention , which had yet to occur , in his essay " Tentacles of Rage : The Republican Propaganda Mill , a Brief History , " published in the September 2004 issue which implied that he had attended the convention . He apologized in a note . Lapham left two years later , after 28 years as '' Harper 's '' editor in chief , and launched '' Lapham 's Quarterly ''
2004 Republican National Convention
2004 Republican National Convention
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