Bat Phone to the Gatekeepers

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The way it used to work: Larry Summers, old-school thought leader, picking up his Bat phone.

Summers picked up the phone and called the Washington Post a couple days ago. (It was probably an email, but let’s be cinematic.) I have something important to say, Summers told the editor (who, recognizing the number, picked up before the second ring).…