Letters to the Editor
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I guess Joan makes an exception for herself
I hope I'm not the only one who finds it extremely disingenuous for Joan Walsh to be giving kudos to Keit Olbermann for responding to audience feedback.
Meanwhile Salon, and Joan in particular, blithely ignores reader responses, or references them in oblique, self-serving ways. Salon's default position is to say nothing, be it small thing - like that dreadful Kansas cartoon - or ongoing problems - like Camille Paglia - or major things - like Salon's relentless outrage mining on the primary and appearance of Clinton bias. Despite thousands of comments by now ranging from gentle critique to enraged, apparently Joan doesn't think this conversation is worth having.
I am not talking about an apology or major change, just admitting the issue is there and responding.
This is supposed to be the advantage of new media. Instead, Joan is running Salon in a way which out-olds old media.