1. This Scott McConnell article has some fascinating New Republic scuttlebut that solves a real mystery:http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/no-tears-for-tnr/ … via @billmon1
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2. When I was reading TNR in 1980s I wondered how hard-core neo-cons (Kirkpatrick, Decter, McConnell) ended up in magazine.
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3. McConnell explains how: neo-cons had a back-channel to TNR through Peretz. Would send articles to him, he'd foist on magazine.
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4. By McConnell's account, TNR seems like a classic front operation or cut-out: liberal facade to hide neo-con laundry operation.
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5. What's weird is people were actually fooled by this, bought into the "even the liberal New Republic" rhetoric.
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@1northofcenter @amconmag There's some truth to that! AmCon often seems like one of the best liberal magazines around.
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