a.j. liebling. he was an elegant figure. >> he was also from yale and also when you read what hersey wrote they are a far cry from what he was writing for "the new yorker" later on. >> as somebody who cares only about literary style i think that's a hugely important point and i want to hold it for a moment. but he had written one hugely significant piece. in historical terms in a credible piece for "the new yorker" for that, right? >> that's our hirsi did come to "the new yorker." he breaks up with luce because he thinks he's far too chauvinistic for him and he said thanks but no thanks instead of being heir apparent to this virginie media empire he was a freelancer in 1945 but in 1944 he had managed somehow to do the story that william sean had wanted to bring hersey in. .. i'm sorry, jfk was on his way back from the pacific, he was in new york. one night his edit nightclub. something was at martinique club, he was with his wife jfk is telling her the story of what happened, jfk had been was sliced