[Timesink]

I notice that they only published the most wishy-washy of the hundreds of letters they received. They were all of the "Hey, I hate Bush too, but still..." or "Gee, uh, don't ya think this was a bit much?" variety. Even at this point, the Monitor is still going out of its way to cover up the fact that people were utterly outraged by this jackass's cartoon and the editor's mealy-mouthed non-apology apology.

This, my friends, is why so many newspapers are dying. They don't even have the guts (or is it common decency?) even just to say flat-out "We screwed up. It was completely inappropriate. We apologize unreservedly."

This is why Fox News Channel's ratings are exploding. Why the New York Post had the greatest circulation gains of any paper in the country by FAR last year. Why Rush Limbaugh is more popular than ever, after 12-13 years on the air. Why FR is one of the most active discussion sites on the Internet. We are winning, and they're shooting themselves in the foot.