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What's in a name? The origin of the 'Knick'

NPR | By David Folkenflik
Published June 14, 2026 at 7:26 AM CDT

What is a Knickerbocker? NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to Peter-Christian Aigner, Director of the Gotham Center, to find out.

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David Folkenflik
David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.