September 10th, 2008
So it appears that Sullivan’s earlier claim that no one is telling him what he can and can’t write about might not be strictly true. He now posts a “quote of the day” which translates to roughly “About which one cannot speak, one must be silent.”
This suggests that Sullivan has been in some way disciplined by management at The Atlantic. Surely this is enough to interest a mainstream media reporter? Right?
Seriously, is there a more interesting media story out there right now than one of the nation’s oldest journals having an internal dispute over a staffer’s writing, causing said staffer to temporarily cease work, and then post a barely-veiled dissent?
Oh, well, maybe there is. But still! America’s media beat writers must be able to fight two conflicts simultaneously! If they can’t, they’re just daring rogue journalists to behave badly . . .
Update: The great Ace is all over this, with a comment from a tipster who claims to work at The Atlantic. (Ace has no idea if the tipster is genuine, fyi.)
Update 2: Sullivan seems to be back posting at The Atlantic, but has yet to mention Sarah Palin. I’m sure some industrious reader could tell me how many times he’s posted about her since her nomination. We can then see how long he goes until mentioning her again.
Update 3: Big news! Sullivan is back on the Trig Palin story and he must have uncovered some new evidence, because he’s now certain that Trig is Sarah Palin’s child:
Say all you want about Sarah Palin’s non-existent record on foreign policy, series of public lies, non-existent vetting and absurd, unprecedented shielding from the press. At least we know this for sure: she went through the psychological, emotional and spiritual test of eight months of pregnancy and a painful, difficult, endless labor for a cause she believes in.
Did he get a gander at the hospital records during his time out off?
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