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• Monday, November 14, 2005 04:40 PM

  Shame on Salon

  I expect to read slanted propaganda like Farhad Manjoo's recent "review" of Mark Crispin Miller in, oh, the National Review Online. I don't, or at least I formerly did not, expect to read National Review-caliber tripe at Salon.com. However, having read the words of Farhad Manjoo (which I suspect is Jonah Goldberg writing under a pseudonym) one too many times at this site, I'm about to give up on you.

  Did Mr. Manjoo even read the book? Or did he fabricate something from talking points he cribbed from GOPTeamLeader.com? His review reads closer to the latter.

  Voter fraud is no joke, and anyone who makes light of it, especially given the dictatorship-level quality of federal government we've suffered under for nearly five years, is engaging in the same rank sycophancy that we've come to expect from the kind of old-guard media outlets that are controlled by defense contractors. Manjoo's snarky tone reads like something one might read on a neoconservative blog.

  I have supported Salon since it started charging a subscription fee. I can go to plenty of mainstream media sites and read book reviews that are more evenhanded than Manjoo's for no cost. I can read wingnut blogs for no cost, either. This I certainly will keep in mind the next time my subscription comes up for renewal.

  Salon is sliding downhill fast. Please stop the slide, or you'll lose a lot of people who have supported you in the past.

  —Jackson Griffith Read Jackson Griffith's other letters
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