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Back In The USA
ByFallows notices a whole bunch of interesting things after three years' away in China. Among them:
The NYT, for all its travails, is a recognizable version of the
publication I'd previously known. Personality, depth, world-view, tone.
The poor Washington Post is not. Laying off -- that is, buying out --
so many reporters who knew so much about their topics has had a more
profound effect than I would have guessed. (Locus classicus: Tom Ricks
on defense.) And the resulting paper seem more obviously desperate to
try anything that will draw attention in this new age.
