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February 02, 2005
Andrew Samwick Shows That He Is a Kinder, Gentler, Better Person
...than me, anyway. He writes (or, rather, wrote last December):
Vox Baby: Greg Ip Earns a Voxy: Brad DeLong often titles his posts "Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Press Corps?", and Andrew Sullivan often names his posts after and gives awards in (dis)honor of journalists who make outlandish statements. I would like to introduce my own award--the Voxy--to be bestowed occasionally on journalists in the mainstream media who make exceptionally lucid and thoughtful contributions to the public discussion. Feel free to e-mail me with nominations.
The inaugural award goes to Greg Ip, for his article in [December 14's] Wall Street Journal, Medicare Ills Make Social Security Look Fit. Read the whole thing...
Now I'm depressed. I can't find any signs on Google that Andrew has awarded any other Voxies...
Posted by DeLong at February 2, 2005 02:07 PM
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Kinda, yeah, but I dunno about better. Speaking from my somewhat conservative viewpoint, your "bludgeon the MSM repeatedly with a big stick until they get it right or go away" approach should be at least as effective as Samwick's carrot approach.
And much more entertaining, anyway.
Posted by: fling93 at February 2, 2005 03:01 PM
Too bad he probably can't be talked into giving one retroactively for this overlooked gem by the WaPo's Barton Gellman from May 11, 2003.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A40212-2003May10¬Found=true
In a nutshell, it exposes the reality that securing the WMDs played a distant second fiddle, in the Bush/Rumsfeld war plan, to the march to Baghdad. Our advancing troops would come across the prospective WMD sites, but didn't have enough troops to leave any to stand guard until our special WMD teams showed up. And when those teams showed up, what they found was sites that had been looted to the ground.
What this means is, if there had been WMDs, the invasion itself would have ensured their use against us.
Posted by: RT at February 2, 2005 03:04 PM
Andrew has a kinder, gentler comments section, too.
Posted by: Patrick R. Sullivan at February 2, 2005 04:14 PM
I personally have always believed that WMD's played no fiddle at all.
Posted by: Dubblblind at February 2, 2005 04:14 PM
Classic! I'm on my wife's computer in her classroom and the districts Internet filter, Bess Proxy, blocked access to the link.
Kind and gentle indeed... ;)
[to Dartmouth? Well, it is the model of Animal House...]
Posted by: Stuart at February 2, 2005 04:17 PM
I note that AS went on vacation in late December.
Perhaps he is still on vacation???....
Posted by: tedb at February 2, 2005 05:39 PM
Greg Ip is a great reporter...any reporter that accurately quotes me is a great reporter. No but really. He understands what you are saying and writes it.
Posted by: wren at February 2, 2005 06:06 PM
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Posted by: at February 2, 2005 07:55 PM
Ip is indeed a fine reporter. Of course, he writes for a paper that specializes in economics. If only the talented econ. reporters could be compelled to stay at, say, the Washinton Post instead of fleeing to WSJ of the Financial Times.
Posted by: Brad Reed at February 3, 2005 09:11 AM