DOES THE PRESS CORPS HAVE ADHD?….Brad DeLong wonders why the American press is not merely uninterested in policy, but aggressively contemptuous of anyone who is. He’s got a couple of examples and wonders why these guys don’t find a different line of work if policy debates are such a source of ennui for them.

Good question.

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