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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22. In 1995, juror on National Magazine Award, wrote to TNR saying if he had known of problems with "No Exit" wouldn't have voted for it.
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23. TNR did not publish letter for juror saying that "No Exit" didn't deserve award. See here for more details:https://sanseverything.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/no-exit-from-no-exit/ …
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24. For more on "No Exit" worth revisiting this fine piece by
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25. Sullivan's major achievement has been his pioneering work in blogging form, which he's been a master of.
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26. As with his tenure at TNR, one could easily do a list of the good and the bad in Sullivan's blogging.
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27. The dubious stuff on The Dish: the support of Iraq war and labeling of opponents as traitors, the Trigger Palin conspiracies, etc.
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28. But beyond doing a good & bad balance sheet, perhaps the best way to think about The Dish is as a literary form.
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29. I've talked about trigger essays as real time thinking, but an obvious precursor is Sullivan-style blogging.
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30. What held "The Dish" together despite variety of subjects and changes of mind? Nothing more than Sullivan's writerly voice.
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