But Greg Sargent, "handling and manipulation of process and theatrics" matter
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Greg Sargent has quite rightly called out a bevy of reporters who have slammed Obama for the process by which he arrived at his Syria policy (and other policies) "without taking a stand on the substance of the policy debates underlying them. It's true that criticizing presidential process can be a dodge, shielding the writer from grappling with the policy merits of, say, a missile strike on Syria. But Sargent overstates the case, I think, by suggesting that process can be cleanly separated from policy. Holding up Dylan Byers as Exhibit A, Sargent criticizes a
But Greg Sargent, "handling and manipulation of process and theatrics" matter
But Greg Sargent, "handling and manipulation…
But Greg Sargent, "handling and manipulation of process and theatrics" matter
Greg Sargent has quite rightly called out a bevy of reporters who have slammed Obama for the process by which he arrived at his Syria policy (and other policies) "without taking a stand on the substance of the policy debates underlying them. It's true that criticizing presidential process can be a dodge, shielding the writer from grappling with the policy merits of, say, a missile strike on Syria. But Sargent overstates the case, I think, by suggesting that process can be cleanly separated from policy. Holding up Dylan Byers as Exhibit A, Sargent criticizes a