Political Blogs in a Bubble

After reading this post, I’ve become more convinced that political blogs live in their own little world in which not much exists beyond the front page of the New York Times. Someone who announces, “[t]he New York Times is simply not a good newspaper anymore”, hasn’t encountered this story about the PCB cleanup in the Hudson River, or this story about how the revitalization of public health services in a rural New Mexico community has contributed to economic revitalization.

The Times hasn’t covered itself in glory in past years on the political front, and I stopped reading and moved exclusively to the WaPo after the Judith Miller thing. However, I decided reluctantly that useful news can be found in the Times if you don’t pay attention to the political reporting.