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Related: About this forumThe fall of Salon.com
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The fall of Salon.com
How a digital trailblazer and progressive powerhouse lost its way.
By Kelsey Sutton and Peter Sterne
05/27/16 12:34 AM EDT
Read more: http://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/05/the-fall-of-saloncom-004551#ixzz49yERBCpC
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...........In recent months Salon has refused to do that. It has developed a reputation for being not just sympathetic to Bernie Sanders, but overtly hostile to Hillary Clinton, unable to distinguish her from Donald Trump in the same way Ralph Nader saw no difference between Al Gore and George W. Bush in 2000. Salon contributor H.A. Goodman has written several columns for the publication with titles like I wouldnt vote for Dick Cheney, so I wont vote for Hillary Clinton: An unrepentant only-Sanders voter fires back at critics and Please, FBI youre our last hope: The Democratic Partys future rests upon your probe of Hillary Clintons emails. (The columns spurred a debate in Salons newsroom after a staffer sent an email to colleagues saying Goodmans articles reflected badly on the company.)
Actually, Salon isnt uniformly pro-Sanders. Editor in chief David Daley told POLITICO that he aims to cover all of the intellectual arguments surrounding the Democratic Party, and that Goodmans viewpoint is one of a wide range of voices assessing the Clinton and Sanders campaigns on Salon. Late last year, the site faced allegations of bias against Sanders when Daley hired feminist writer Amanda Marcotte, who got to work writing negative stories about Bernie Bros.
The more stinging critique is about the quality of what Salon publishes and Goodmans pieces in particular have reignited lamentations about the sites downward spiral. Walsh and Miller have been outspoken on Twitter about some of the stories from the site, as have many others. Two guys even created a vicious parody account, @salondotcom, to mock Salons increasingly strident brand of leftism, with fake tweets like Ten signs your cat might be racist and Should GMOs come with trigger warnings?
It's really sad, Talking Points Memo publisher Josh Marshall tweeted last month. These Salon headlines are like the bastard child of World Net Daily and the LaRouche Times
In retrospect it's scary to think that Salon was maybe always just one @joanwalsh or @KerryLauerman away from derp oblivion..............................
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)realmirage
(2,117 posts)Except the hacks
Cha
(297,717 posts)Aren't these the articles that gdp soaked up like a sponge?
otohara
(24,135 posts)but well deserved.
Salon is dead to me.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Goodman makes about as much sense as a newt, no matter who he supports.
Cha
(297,717 posts)Wow, Riff.. Just Desserts so soon!
BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)This article doesn't even scratch the surface, I think. Salon has become a haven for every dudebro author out there who can slap together anything even remotely anti-Clinton. It began with Salon reposting HAHA Goodman from HuffPo, being one of the few outlets dumb enough to pay for that content. Then they published Walker Bragman, Goodman's top protege. And their own staff is no different. All of the pro-Sanders writers have something in common, and it's a chromosome.
The worst part is how the entire world seems to think that Salon having one single pro-Clinton author, Amanda Marcotte, somehow balances the scales for the 7-10 other authors (at any given time) that they're paying for anti-Clinton or anti-Democrat content.
Salon is now just a Newsmax for the Left. It's a damn shame.
teamster633
(2,029 posts)It is whole unreadable on wifi. When the Hillary-hate got unbearable here I tried to find an alternate site, but I didn't have the patience to even register the content there. Looks like it was just as well.
sheshe2
(83,927 posts)That page stutters and burps when I try to follow a link. I guess it is unreadable in more ways than one, teamster.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,233 posts)Till they started publishing Rand Paulite Glenn Greenwald's anti-Obama screed.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Owners can editorialize all they want.
But "readers" want options or they'll go elsewhere, and the 'site' loses revenue!
"The Nation" went all in for Bernie - but hedged a little with Joan Walsh and a few others.
"Huffington Post" went so anti-Trump, they kept him in the Entertainment pages - until you-know-what.
Neutral impartiality in moderation, I say!
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)The only links I follow there anymore are to Amanda Morcotte. We need to rescue her and get her to Slate or something.
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)Here this guy! http://www.askthepilot.com/tsa-summer-meltdown/
I liked salon.com so much that when they asked people to pay to subscribe I was in that first batch/bunch!
Now, I only look at Amanda Marcotte's corner!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Surefire way to flush your rep down the drain, Salon
Walk away
(9,494 posts)A lot of these places won't be able to walk back from the insanity they have indulged in. I am guessing we will see a regular roll call of defunct or marginalized "news" and social political web sites.
wildeyed
(11,243 posts)Too much stupid clickbait, recycled over and over.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Bill Curry: We must smash the Clinton machine: Democratic elites and the media sold out to Hillary this time, but change is coming
Sean Illing: This is why people don't trust Hillary Clinton: Email scandal is a reminder that her guardedness is ultimately self-defeating
Paul Rosenberg: Either one will lead to war: Hawkish Hillary and reckless Trump could both lead to prolonged new wars.
Ben Norton: Sanders condemns pro-austerity colonial takeover of Puerto Rico; Clinton supports it. Bernie calls U.S. debt crisis plan "morally unacceptable" and a gift for "vulture capitalists." Hillary backs it.
And the biggest "bro" - the anti-feminist pseudo-intellectual Camille Paglia.