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fek:

No doubt those who tried to dismantle Weigel’s career could find themselves facepalm-ing this afternoon as they might have inadvertently helped land him a more comfortable, higher-paying gig, where he’ll likely have more freedom than he ever did at the Post to write whatever he wants. You can almost taste the disappointment coming out of original Journolist email publisher (Fishbowl DC blogger) Betsy Rothstein’s keyboard: she took the time to put scare quotes around Yahoo’s characterization of Weigel’s expertise, the conservative movement, which he covered for the Post. The Daily Caller — Tucker Carlson’s sketchy site, who published the majority of the emails — has been silent on Weigel’s hiring. That’s the sound of crow being eaten.

Wouldn’t a better target of The Daily Caller be the Washington Post, not necessarily Weigel? He was just the lowest-hanging fruit. In that case, his new gig isn’t a loss for them, as long as he doesn’t end up back at the WaPo proper. (Say what you will about Slate being a WaPo property, but it’s not held in the same regard amongst non-Internet people as the Post or Newsweek.) So, their silence is probably not due to crow-eating, but due to their mission being accomplished. On to the next target.

(Also, did I do this right? First reblog yay!)