Letters to the Editor
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No Matter Who Wins, Joan Has Fallen
No matter who wins - and I'll support either one - Joan Walsh has fallen from grace.
The worst part is not her craven refusal to admit - or deal with - her own bias. Nor is it how this bias has slanted Salon's general coverage.
Nor is it Salon's penchant for articles aimed at stoking reader anger at both candidates. Nor how they pandering to rage and divison so much they might as well be working for Rove. Nor is it how Salon rarely presents any facts, let alone examine actual policies, stances and promises.
No, it is how Salon stomps through this sewer obsessviely on a daily basis while ignoring a huge number of other topics. Topics of vital importance, which we want to read and discuss.
Instead the one article which even gets near the global food crisis is a navel gazing article about a middle class person buying beans.
Salon is taking the most, shallow, lazy approach to its alleged mission, and doing this at the very same time it publishes a columnist who dissects every single vile editorial policy which Salon is wallowing in.
Shame on you Joan Walsh. And don't try to pretend you are only giving the audience what they want - as Glenn Grenwald points out, this is a cheap excuse.