Posted on 09/14/2005 5:13:02 AM PDT by ovrtaxt
So here's the thinking behind that brilliant move. None of us ever read Krugman or Dowd except when a conservative columnist is quoting some outlandishly knuckle headed point Paul or Mo is trying to make. When we read it we say. "No way, s/he couldn't be that big of a nutball." And we immediately go online to find the original column. When we read the original column and realize the quotes weren't taken out of context we say, "for crying out loud the guys at powerlineblog.com or George Will or Rush or whomever were right again." Now the NYT wants us to pay for the privilege. It does make sense.
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