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He doesn't think much of the "both sides" critique, says New York Magazine's Jonathan Chait, but he agrees that last weekend the New York Times published a report that amounts to the "platonic ideal" of both-sidesing it.

The author was Carl Hulse of the Times Washington bureau, known for this sort of thing. (And what a thing to be renowned for...)

Here is Chait's critique:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/05/debt-ceiling-congress-blame-republicans-democrats-default-new-york-times.html

Here is the platonic ideal piece:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/us/politics/debt-ceiling-economy.html?unlocked_article_code=9oOueyaXDXm5RRY_KsCjd7LusM64Wwra5b9l2yyF8vP7ehM9-cL0-SCA2r14YX4oCWLRwLX3oVLE3xD0wQwilQw1JbbI-0qYXRaDpZ8ojJ8tV23Vbp-sy9QbvT6bOlTPk43zh-IYh20m0LMkf_dx5NtDlzzmSBblEam7MOpVTJs7wXQdHa2rEqjlVgGcE6uTvn3v2Zr4gyjpmzgtHYEv8Iog5vTZyM2_PGUNbwNQQP7zBlulhHfKjdcktWbshT87fQy0muBJvT1uGpJ9l_4A7PwaT8J1HdEo3c-1CjidtR_7o_RFw8MDLnS-aKXjEAbac3ddpDw7gYbzB3zC9o-6DshS&smid=url-share

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