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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: dougjn who wrote (5756)	9/27/1998 7:14:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 67261

Yeah Salon has really gained national prominence with this scandal. Wonder who the editor is. The last I looked it was only an e-zine but I wouldnt mind getting the hard copy if there was one. Michelle

To: dougjn who wrote (5756)	9/29/1998 12:11:00 PM
From: Thomas G. Busillo	Respond to of 67261

Doug, I've had Salon bookmarked from way back. David Talbot's very fortunate that he has a group of writers around him who are so good because IMHO he's an incredibly underwhelming figure as both an editor and a CEO. The Washington Post is reporting that Talbot forced the resignation of Salon's Washington bureau chief, Jonathan Broder, over comments made to a Washington Post reporter about his strong dissent against running the Hyde story. washingtonpost.com Excerpts: ...Broder had argued in a memo that to publicize the 1960s extramarital affair would make the magazine's staff look like "sex-obsessed hypocrites." Salon Editor David Talbot, the story's author, demanded his resignation after Broder responded to a call from The Washington Post by saying: "I objected to it on journalistic grounds, on grounds of fairness and because of the way Salon would be perceived." Broder submitted a resignation letter yesterday. "I thought I was showing there could be healthy dissent within Salon and I could help protect Salon's credibility," he said in an interview. "My intention was not to embarrass anybody. . . . I truly felt that what they did was over the top, and I had to say that."... Broder says he was stunned by the editorial acknowledging that the magazine was "descending to the gutter tactics of those we deplore. . . . But ugly times call for ugly tactics." " 'Ugly tactics' is not a phrase I associate with responsible journalism," Broder said. "It smacks of agendas and advocacy, and I don't want to be part of that."... "Deservedly or not," Broder wrote, "Salon already has a pro-Clinton reputation. With the story you are now planning to run, which I do not believe meets the journalistic threshold, Salon will be indelibly stained as a vicious Clinton attack dog. . . . There is no way in the world that you and Salon will escape broad censure as hypocritical thugs. . . . We will become the left-wing equivalent of the American Spectator."... But Talbot maintained yesterday that Salon had "restored some sanity to this debate" by demonstrating "how absurd it is to have sex become politicized." ..."It was right for us to pull Henry Hyde's pants down." I agree with Broder. Good trading, Tom