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Robert Scheer: Works, Politics, Music & Art
Robert Scheer (born April 4, 1936) is an American journalist and professor who has written for Ramparts, the Los Angeles Times, Playboy, Hustler Magazine, Truthdig, ScheerPost and other publications as well as having written many books. His column for Truthdig was nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate in publications such as The Huffington Post and…
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Robert Scheer topic overview
The analysis highlights Works, Politics, Music and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around Robert Scheer.
Related topics
141
Source areas
14
Connected nodes
155
Extracted relationships
104
Related term clusters
55
Bridge connections
155
What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
Los Angeles Times and Public Radio · 25 topics
The Ramparts years · 18 topics
Overview · 16 topics
Early life · 13 topics
Congressional run · 11 topics
Books · 9 topics
Political views · 9 topics
End of Los Angeles Times relationship · 8 topics
Filmography · 8 topics
Awards · 7 topics
Truthdig · 7 topics
Discography · 5 topics
Personal life · 4 topics
Works · 1 topics
Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Alma mater
City College of New York · Maxwell School, Syracuse University · University of California, Berkeley
Education
Christopher Columbus High School
Born
(1936-04-04) April 4, 1936 (age 90) New York City, US
Children
Christopher (b. 1968)
Employer
Los Angeles Times (1976–1993; 1993–2005) Truthdig (2005–2020)[a]
Occupations
Journalist · author · columnist
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Advanced semantic analysis
How Robert Scheer connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around Robert Scheer shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Robert Scheer → Akashic Books, Basic Books, Bush, Bush Told Us, Carter, Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall, Clinton--and How They Did, Cuba, Destroying Democracy, Enough Shovels, February, George, Grove Press, Hemisphere, How Data-Collecting Corporations, How Defense Hawks Hijacked, How Reagan Republicans, Iraq, ISBN, Lakshmi Chaudhry Another extracted example is Robert Scheer → Anne Butterfield Weills, Branch, Brooklyn, Christopher Weills Scheer, Communication Leadership, Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, Lou Embree, Narda Catharine Zacchino, Oakland Tribune, Policy, Root, San Francisco Chronicle, Scheer, Scheer's, September, Serena, Serena Turan Scheer, Turan, USC's Annenberg Center. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
Robert Scheer
Top relations
related to Works· 50
Robert Scheer → Akashic Books, Basic Books, Bush, Bush Told Us, Carter, Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall, Clinton--and How They Did, Cuba, Destroying Democracy, Enough Shovels, February, George, Grove Press, Hemisphere, How Data-Collecting Corporations, How Defense Hawks Hijacked, How Reagan Republicans, Iraq, ISBN, Lakshmi Chaudhry
related to Personal life· 22
Robert Scheer → Anne Butterfield Weills, Branch, Brooklyn, Christopher Weills Scheer, Communication Leadership, Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, Lou Embree, Narda Catharine Zacchino, Oakland Tribune, Policy, Root, San Francisco Chronicle, Scheer, Scheer's, September, Serena, Serena Turan Scheer, Turan, USC's Annenberg Center
Alma mater· 3
Robert Scheer → City College of New York, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, University of California, Berkeley
Occupations· 3
Robert Scheer → author, columnist, Journalist
Spouses· 3
Robert Scheer → Anne Butterfield Weills, Narda Catharine Zacchino, Serena Turan Scheer
Born· 1
Robert Scheer → (1936-04-04) April 4, 1936 (age 90) New York City, US
Children· 1
Robert Scheer → Christopher (b. 1968)
Education· 1
Robert Scheer → Christopher Columbus High School
Employer· 1
Robert Scheer → Los Angeles Times (1976–1993; 1993–2005) Truthdig (2005–2020)[a]
Other name· 1
Robert Scheer → Bob Scheer
Important terminology
Frequent words and multi-word phrases across the lead, headings, infobox and body. Useful for terminology coverage.
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Robert Scheer relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 104 structured relationships around Robert Scheer. Examples in this analysis include Robert Scheer → Alma mater → City College of New York and Robert Scheer → Alma mater → Maxwell School, Syracuse University. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
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Robert Scheer
Alma mater
City College of New York
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Robert Scheer
Alma mater
Maxwell School, Syracuse University
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Robert Scheer
Alma mater
University of California, Berkeley
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Robert Scheer
Born
(1936-04-04) April 4, 1936 (age 90) New York City, US
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Robert Scheer
Children
Christopher (b. 1968)
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Robert Scheer
Education
Christopher Columbus High School
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Robert Scheer
Employer
Los Angeles Times (1976–1993; 1993–2005) Truthdig (2005–2020)[a]
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Robert Scheer
Occupations
Journalist
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Robert Scheer
Occupations
author
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Robert Scheer
Occupations
columnist
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infobox
Robert Scheer
Other name
Bob Scheer
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Robert Scheer
Spouses
Narda Catharine Zacchino
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Robert Scheer
Spouses
Anne Butterfield Weills
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Robert Scheer
Spouses
Serena Turan Scheer
1.00
infobox
Robert Scheer
Years active
1960s–present
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Related concept clusters Related term clusters
Related term clusters group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around Robert Scheer bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Journalist, American and Now. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For Robert Scheer, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Robert Scheer with Los Angeles Times and Public Radio. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Min side: 3
Robert Scheer — Los Angeles Times and Public Radio· splits 130 ⟂ 26Robert Scheer — The Ramparts years· splits 137 ⟂ 19Robert Scheer — Overview· splits 139 ⟂ 17Robert Scheer — Early life· splits 142 ⟂ 14Robert Scheer — Congressional run· splits 144 ⟂ 12Robert Scheer — Political views· splits 146 ⟂ 10Robert Scheer — Books· splits 146 ⟂ 10Robert Scheer — End of Los Angeles Times relationship· splits 147 ⟂ 9Robert Scheer — Filmography· splits 147 ⟂ 9Robert Scheer — Truthdig· splits 148 ⟂ 8Robert Scheer — Awards· splits 148 ⟂ 8Robert Scheer — Discography· splits 150 ⟂ 6Robert Scheer — Personal life· splits 151 ⟂ 5
Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
Robert Scheer
Nodes156
Edges155
Triples104
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012821
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around Robert Scheer to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Politics, Music & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
