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Wonking Off
Ana Marie Cox dishes about scandal, sex, journalism, and leaving her popular blog for the literary life. A Reason interview.
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reason: Have sarcasm-drenched political blogs and snarky TV shows like the Daily Show changed about the way people talk politics?
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Cox: I hope that what has changed is that people realize that you don't have to be part of the professions of journalism or politics to have an opinion. And to feel strongly about it and want things to change. I think the Daily Show and Wonkette and blogs in general have democratized the debate about politics. And hopefully—I mean, this is where I can get sappy—what I really hope is that if laughing about politics gets them interested and caring about it, they'll vote.
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reason: Or does the debate just becomes even more superficial?
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Cox: I wouldn't say that I'm not superficial. I would say that you need superficial. You need dessert. Americans grow up thinking that politics is all spinach and broccoli, that paying attention to it means that you're doing something that's good for you and you're doing it like a punishment. But I think there's another side to it. One shouldn't live on dessert alone and one wouldn't want to live on broccoli alone. So I think there is a part that Wonkette plays in a balanced media diet.
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reason: Why do most political novels suck?
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Cox: Mine may suck too. But mine may suck for entirely different reasons. I do think that most political novels tend to be stories of redemption in which some young person comes to Washington and is appalled by this scandal and spectacle of it, maybe tempted, but then renounces the dark side and becomes somehow redeemed. I do think there is no one redeemed in my book. This redemption saga is not faithful to what is interesting about Washington.
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reason: Which is?
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