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I have to say that I too am disappointed that this piece wasn't covered by one of the other Salon writers. I would have liked to have seen another perspective other than Farhad Manjoo's. This is a serious enough topic that I think it deserves better coverage.
A bigger problem I have is that Mr. Manjoo seems to be obsessed with the letters to the editor section. I can understand wanting to clarify a position, but if you have to write multiple response (as of this count, three within the few hours that this article has been up), maybe you aren't doing the job you need to be doing in the article itself.
Not only is this kind of behavior slightly unseemly (it smacks of a desperate need for validation), but I'm not convinced it's necessary. If anything, Salon should know by now that readers are more than capable of poking holes in each other's theories, or in correcting each other when they've misread the article. This is not the first time that I've noticed Mr. Manjoo responding so often (and so quickly) to the letters section. With all due respect, you seem to take disagreement a bit more personally than a professional journalist should.
