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Ken Silverstein's avatar

Am compelled to pat myself on the back as it's late as usual (didn't have chance to read NYT story until 4 o'clock), but in compensation it's short & sweet for a chance at around 800 words.

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Sanjoy Mahajan's avatar

My only disagreement is when you call the reporters "political rubes" [for taking Vance's posturing seriously]. My model is different. Vance is being marketed to Trump's base as Swamp Drainer II, who will fight for them at the big-boy table. And the NYT is just part of the marketing. Maybe the reporters themselves are political rubes and don't understand this point. Maybe. But their editors, who've given them them the Vance assignment and the framing, are part of the WWF reality show being put on to fleece the population yet again. The NYT is no better than Pravda or Der Sturmer, and maybe worse.

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