"One of The Strangest Blog Posts of All Time" |
| Published: February 23, 2008, 10:29 am |
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Aw shucks. I'm honored, but not sure I (or the blog post in question--even now with "added salience") deserve such a superlative compliment. I think you need to have a sadly sheltered beltway wonk mentality to believe it's strange at all, considering all the genuinely strange blog posts in the astonishingly strange world we inhabit. But here's the context for the strange hyperbole as you will find it in this guest post by Reihan Salam on Andrew Sullivan's blog: Pandora's Box 22 Feb 2008 05:03 pm by Reihan Gabriel Sherman's take on the NYT's McCain story: "Beyond its revelations, however, what's most remarkable about the article is that it appeared in the paper at all: The new information it reveals focuses on the private matters of the candidate, and relies entirely on the anecdotal evidence of McCain's former staffers to justify the piece--both personal and anecdotal elements unusual in the Gray Lady. The story is filled with awkward journalistic moves--the piece contains [ Full article ] |
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