John R. MacArthur
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John R. MacArthur (born June 4, 1956, in New York City) was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal (1977), the Washington Star (1978), The Bergen Record (1978–1979), Chicago Sun-Times (1979–1982), and an assistant foreign editor at United Press International (1982). He became president and publisher of Harper's Magazine in 1983.
In 1993 he received the Mencken Award for best editorial/op-ed column for his New York Times exposé of "Nayirah", the Kuwaiti diplomat's daughter who helped fake the Iraqi baby-incubator atrocity.
His books include Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the 1991 Gulf War (1992) and The Selling of "Free Trade": Nafta, Washington, and the Subversion of American Democracy (2000).
He grew up in Winnetka, Illinois, and graduated in 1978 from Columbia College with a B.A. in history. He lives with his wife and two daughters in New York City.