What happened?

We all know Salon has a heavy ideological slant. And thats ok as long as you realize that. But the last few years it reads more like a blog written by some junior-high Fellow Travelers. It used to be a good source for a certain side. It also offered some great thought and arguments for that side. Its totally in the same class now as folks who post ridiculous things on Facebook that they havent taken 5 mins to figure out of theyre even making a factually correct statement. It seems like Hitchens was the last contributor that was smart enough to express cogent thought. It was like they were waiting for him to die so they could just go off-the-wall insane. Its depressing.

What I also did odd is that these authors/contributors get paid for the content try produce. As a former editor and contributor for major news outlets I find it hard to believe that they could simultaneously lower their standards so far, so fast, and retain a majority of their readership. Its baffling in addition to being sad.

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