Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@willwilkinson @davidminpdx I don't know about that, but it is besides the point. I wasn't making a claim about whose opinion she most esteems or whose approval she must craves. I was arguing that if her job was on the line she'd rather the hoi polloi vote on her cancellation than the media elites — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@davidminpdx @willwilkinson The press and the academy are the places our society relies upon to carry out what Jonathan Rauch calls liberal science. Worrying about that is not elitist or navel gazing, though obviously there's a lot of both in the media. — PolitiTweet.org