I have been nagging Mr. Weed for some years now for us to cancel our subscription to the Post. He finally up and did it a few weeks back (the last straw was the revelation of state secrets --if we're gonna die at the hands of terrorists, at least I ain't gonna pay to do so). But like a bad penny, the paper kept turning up at our doorstep.
Now I understand why. Today we received a warm letter from Post Chairman Donald Graham begging us to reconsider. His sole defense of his paper was:
I would remind you that The Post endorsed Judge Alito for the Supreme Court.
Which was singularly unresponsive of him, since we don't care if the Post endorses Satan; opinions mean nothing --it's what gets reported as fact that drove us over the brink. That and highlighting sexual deviancy in the same section where the Comics and Kids Post pages go. Last week we were treated to a splashy feature on women with fond memories of losing their virginity. Just what I want my junior paper-readers to see.
Things must be pretty bad if you have to beg your subscribers to stay.
