No Contradiction

Tyler Cowen asks if there's anything new to say about Barack Obama: "I, for one, have nothing new to say about Barack Obama, even though I am exposed to more news about him than any other single person. I wish I did, but I don't." Doesn't it seem, though, that he has nothing new to say about Obama because we're exposed to more news about Obama than about anyone else rather than it being an "even though" issue? That's about all I've got -- meta-commentary on things people are saying about not having anything new to say about Obama.

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