Letters to the Editor
softdog
Published Letters: 186 Editor's Choice: 8
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What Should Salon Do To Not Seem Grotesque
[Read the article: What should Obama do about Rev. Jeremiah Wright?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Before all Obama and Clinton fans go another round of invective, let me point out one thing: This article would not seem like a hit piece if it was balanced out by other coverage, but there isn't.
It would be okay if all the candidates got equal treatment - lengthy examination of their flaws, support against media biases, etc.
People would not mind as much if the blanket coverage of the election examined something in addition to horse race speculation. For example, where the candidates stand on the unitary executive, signing statements, bankruptcy bill revision. Salon could even ask the campaigns about these issues directly.
I'm sure all three candidates love being able to avoid specifics about the big issues, or even the small ones people care about like net neutrality or the forced discontinuation of broadcast television. How about a round table on the obstruction of the SEC and how it is biased towards McCain?
But NONE of this is here. Instead Salon emphasizes Clinton defense and Obama questioning - with glancing looks at other topics.
Salon is supposed to be an alternative news source - so alternate. This treatment of Wright as the most important topic since Sunday is bogus. That's what the cheap ass mainstream - the Rush Limbaughs and Chris Matthew's of the circus do.
Dare to be different. Put McCain under as heavy scrutiny now and let the rest of the mainstream media catch up.
Hell, move on from the election - nothing is changing except the latest excuse not to talk about the food crisis and the global financial collapse. Do you realize the most in depth feature Salon has done on this topic is a jokey article about shoppping for beans?
Frankly I don't know if Salon is really biased towards Clinton - it seems more like outrage mining, certain to generate furious objection from Obama fans and furious support from Clinton fans.
For f's sake - take a week off from this crap. Take a month. Y'all look like idiots.
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Another thought worth repeating
[Read the article: I was wrong about Wright]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The disgust with salon is not just Obama supporters, it's Democrats and people who expect wide ranging journalism.
To repeat another reaction: Although I am a firm supporter of Hillary Clinton, I am totally shocked by the media's attention to Barack Obama's pastor, as well as Senator Obama's tangential relationship with Bill Ayres...This entire issue clearly demonstrates how most white Americans are totally unaware of life as it is lived in our country's economically ravaged African-American urban ghettoes...I am supporting Hillary Clinton because, in my opinion, she is the most qualified candidate; I am not against Barack Obama for any of these "guilt by association" accusations. I simply believe he currently does not have the experience that the position requires. That said, if he wins the nomination, as a loyal Democrat and an informed citizen, he will receive my unqualified support. In the meantime, go Hillary!
-- kensingtonave
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To repeat a thought: You don't have to support Obama to Dislike this
[Read the article: What should Obama do about Rev. Jeremiah Wright?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The disgust with salon is not just Obama supporters, it's Democrats and people who expect wide ranging journalism.
To repeat another reaction:
Although I am a firm supporter of Hillary Clinton, I am totally shocked by the media's attention to Barack Obama's pastor, as well as Senator Obama's tangential relationship with Bill Ayres...This entire issue clearly demonstrates how most white Americans are totally unaware of life as it is lived in our country's economically ravaged African-American urban ghettoes...I am supporting Hillary Clinton because, in my opinion, she is the most qualified candidate; I am not against Barack Obama for any of these "guilt by association" accusations. I simply believe he currently does not have the experience that the position requires. That said, if he wins the nomination, as a loyal Democrat and an informed citizen, he will receive my unqualified support. In the meantime, go Hillary!
-- kensingtonave
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@LoveBirds
[Read the article: What should Obama do about Rev. Jeremiah Wright?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The Obamanation is now kicking, screaming and blaming Salon.com for pointing out that Obama has roundly shot himself in the foot? And that millions of voters in critical states like MO, OH, and WV will never support him?"
You are being obtuse. Read the letters before yours. Get the point.
drinkwater:
I realized that by reading Salon as my major news source I was denying myself a more full-spectrum understanding of politics. Instead of focusing on this one problem I'm neglecting a lot of other things.
And guess what? Heaping attention on the flaws of the Obama campaign does not mean you are doing your job. And if your audience asks you not to, that doesn't mean we hate free speech. I've read every article and listened to what you had to say. I didn't say shut up. I said I don't agree with you. But now we are on week 4 of this and your agenda has become clear.
saintzak
Maybe this deserves a big headline on Salon
from the Huffington Post on John McCain:
"It's good to know where the Senator stands on this issue (at least today). In my book, The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him And Why Independents Shouldn't, I recount McCain' questionable past on issues of race his entire career. From the many years he rejected a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (pretty much the entire 70s and 80s) to his serial flip-flops on the Confederate Flag in 2000 (which he admits he did for political reasons -- no way, not you Johnny!) to his close association with a white supremacist named Richard Quinn, who found himself hired as a political advisor by McCain in 2000..."