Marc Fisher (born December 15, 1958) is a senior editor for ''

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'', where he writes about national, foreign and local issues. He was previously a ''Post'' enterprise editor, leading a team of writers experimenting with new types of storytelling. Fisher wrote a local column for the ''Post'' and another about radio, music and culture titled "The Listener."

Early life and education

Fisher grew up in New York, attended the

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and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from

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, where he was a member of the

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Career

Fisher previously wrote the local column for the ''Post'' and was the paper's Special Reports Editor. He wrote about politics and culture for the Style section. He also served as the

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bureau chief on the ''Posts foreign staff and earlier covered schools in

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, and D.C. politics for the Metro section. Fisher was the Ferris Professor of Journalism at

, where he taught a course on The Journalism of Daily Life, served as journalist-in-residence at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at

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, and was a visiting scholar at the

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School of Media and Public Affairs. He worked at the ''

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'' from 1980 to 1986. Since then, he has worked at ''The Washington Post'' as a reporter, editor, and columnist. He was the ''Post's'' correspondent in Germany from 1989 to 1994.

Criticism

On 26 May 2022, Fisher retweeted an article previously written by himself in 2018 after the

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, in which he falsely claimed that the

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was "Invented for Nazi infantrymen,further developed by the US military". Multiple Right-wing media outlets criticised Fisher for his lack of research,with Matt Vespa of

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calling it "The most embarrassing op-ed about gun rights and ownership".

Family

Fisher and his wife Jody Goodman have a son and daughter. The family resides in Washington.

Bibliography

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References

External links

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''Booknotes'' interview with Fisher on ''After the Wall: Germany, The Germans, and the Burdens of History'', August 6, 1995.
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