1. I don't think anyone not personally involved can really litigate the interpersonal drama between Bari Weiss & her colleagues. Let's just say there are conflicting stories. What's more interesting is that with Weiss' departure marks the final end of the James Bennet Project
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5. Iraq has been followed by other massive failures that have tarnished the old Washington consensus: 2008 meltdown and slow recovery, election of Trump, USA's unique Covid failure. The resulting polarization has destroyed the utility of Broder-style bipartisan thumb-sucking
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6. James Bennet underlying theory of editing was something like this: We can no longer convince each other, but we can still entertain each other. The real premium is to be outrageous -- all the more valuable since clicks & engagement are the name of the game in social media era
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7. I was more sympathetic to the Bennet project than a lot of other people, in part because I have no nostalgia for the old elite consensus but also because Bennet's program meant opening Times op-ed page to voices on left as well the right.
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8. The question to ask is if the Benne to project failed because of poor execution (hiring Stephens & Weiss seem like a mistake since they are far from the most interesting voices on the right) or was it doomed to fail? Is a more thoughtful Bennet program possible?
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9. Best comment on the Bennet Project was by Michelle Wolf:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsWj7Q5iPus …
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10. My earlier article on the turmoil at James Bennet's section speaks, I think, to some of the controversies of the day:https://www.thenation.com/article/society/racism-new-york-times/ …
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Alright alright, maybe it is better to cover America from the outside sometmes. That was a good thread. Would lump 2008 financial crisis with Iraq though.
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Why 1989? We've been involved practically since the end of WWII in imperial adventures across the globe. This is who we are now, and show little inclination to change.
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did bipartisan consensus break down or did the internet allow voices outside the consensus to get past the gates and find an audience which social media eventually amplified, for better and for worse?
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You speak as if the possibilities are mutually exclusive
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