9. As editor of TNR, Sullivan was pretty close to being a disaster, with a few saving graces.
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10. Saving graces of Sullivan as TNR editor: giving
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11. Downside of Sullivan's TNR tenure: he followed British journalist tradition of carrying more for being provocative than being honest.
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12. To be fair, Sullivan did want to make TNR place for debate which is why he hired both lefty Judis and Michael Lind (then a conservative)
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13. But the love of provocation meant publishing stuff like The Bell Curve excerpt or Betsy McCaughey's "No Exit" (on health care)
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14. TNR also published good rebuttals to Bell Curve & No Exit, but damage was already done: TNR publication legitimized dishonest arguments
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15. I'll take up Bell Curve in upcoming piece in (ta-dah) The New Republic. But let's look at Betsy McCaughey's No Exit.
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16. 1994: Clinton's Health Care is center of national debate. TNR publishes "No Exit" - long, seemingly authoritative article against it:
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17. Article is hugely influential: widely cited by critics of Clinton ("even liberal New Republic says Cinton's program disaster")
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18. "No Exit" wins National Magazine Award & is widely credited as a major spike in the coffin of Clinton's health care push.
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19. Then "No Exit" starts getting examined, including in pages of TNR. Article shown to be deeply, factually flawed.
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20. Sullivan's defense: "I was aware of the piece’s flaws but nonetheless was comfortable running it as a provocation to debate."
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21. Sullivan also cited fact that "No Exit" won National Magazine Award as part of his defense of the piece. There's a problem with that.
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