Sat, 06/20/2009 - 10:15am — lambert
Not, I hasten to add, in any policy or analytical sense, but by adopting the FAIL riff, which I first encountered at the hilarious, depressing, and enraging LOLfed.
Krugman is, so far as I know, the only media figure -- certainly media figure who is also a Nobelist -- to take advantage of the boundless linguistic creativity of the blogosphere. That makes him our only "transmission belt" into the polite discourse of our famously free press...
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Especially now that Froomkin got the boot
Given DF's criticisms of Obama I wouldn't be surprised if the Weekly Standard picked him up.
That's true, I should have named Froomkin
My bad. I should say "only remaining transmission belt." Nevertheless, Krugman picks up on the language, which is what interested me.
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
Yes that's true
Krugman definitely uses the nomenclature more. Froomkin jumped in with the blogger ethos earlier, though Krugman was restrained from that for a long time by dear old Times Select. Here's a thought exercise: If the Shrill
One hadn't been walled off like that until Sept. 2007 would the narrative in DC been any different? If so, in what ways? I think it's definitely been the case since but the meltdown in his area of expertise followed by a Nobel in the subject helped quite a bit in that respect. What kind of effect would he have had when he was "just" the designated liberal there?
I would say marginal at best
Ponder this graphic with the word "systemic" in mind.
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi