Letters to the Editor
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Stars
It's interesting which letters get starred. If you're just reading the starred letters you'd get the impression that letters praising the courage of Wilentz and those criticizing the article have been received in roughly equal numbers. It's like the editors are desperate for letters which validate Wilentz's argument and resent that the educated readership previous editors have for years cultivated can expose the propagandistic tone of, and faulty logic in, this piece effortlessly.
The contempt the Salon editors under Walsh have for their readership astonishes. I agree with the commenter who said that the strengths of Salon have become Greenwald and a couple other things, things which, in any case, would exist without Salon. Ms. Walsh, if you think so little of the people who visit Salon, for whom, or what purpose, do you imagine you write?