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To: LindyBill who wrote (150798)	12/13/2005 1:06:21 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) of 793801

One of Rich's colleagues offered me a theory about his place in the Times universe. The writer said that whatever grief the Times catches for being too liberal is counterbalanced by the grief its New York-based correspondents get for not being liberal enough. New Yorkers assume most Timesmen share their lefty political inclinations but are too constrained by balance and integrity to smear it all over the news pages. Therefore, it is the opinion pages—Rich and Krugman's columns in particular—where they turn for reaffirmation. It's a kind of airtight ideological bunker that, under slightly different circumstances, would make for a great Frank Rich column. Seems to me that this kind of ideological bunker looks markedly different when displayed day after day to the whole world on the Internet, than it did when it was just displayed on newsprint to the mostly local subscribers and newsstand buyers. And the staff in the bunker don't get the difference. Clearly they don't get it. I think this goes a long way to explain the off-balance nature of their performance over the last few years.

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