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The most distressing Salon moment for me came when Salon decided that the fact that Bush's suit puckered when he hunched over the podium during 2004's first presidential debate was actually indicative of a communications device, and made it the lead story -- picture and all.
I remember a couple weeks later at a state-level legislative hearing thinking that every single man in the audience must also be having info relayed through a similar device. It was the most embarrassing moment for me, as a Salon reader. It was the moment I wondered if Salon had become nothing but a blog. I also wondered if anyone at the magazine's offices had ever worn a suit.
I would like to submit that one of Salon's worst calls was discontinuting its provocative feature "Mothers Who Think." MWT was a sharp antidote to the treacly columns and advice directed at mothers in all other media. When it disappeared, I had one less reason to check into Salon each day. The addition of "Broadsheet," however, while long overdue, goes some way toward making up for the loss of MWT.
Thanks for being an original.
