Letters to the Editor
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I have a feeling I'm in the minority, but...
No. Please, no. I don't want to watch videos in my news articles. I want to read. Didn't Salon use to be a literary magazine? Why are you moving toward becoming more like YouTube?
This is not what I want from Salon. I don't care what print journalists look like, and most print journalists go into that medium for a reason. Being able to write well doesn't mean that you can speak well, and the subject matter should always be more important than the writer in any case. I detest this apparent desire to make journalists celebrities, even in the virtual world.
How-to illustrations are fine, but I don't care what Stephanie Zacharek or Andrew O'Hehir or Rebecca Traister or even you look like, Joan. In fact, in an odd way, knowing what you look and sound like subtracts from your authority in my mind. I just want to read what you write.