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$\"\"$ <\/a>Salon.com shoots at the broad side of a barn and misses<\/span><\/a>. In a piece so laughingly bad it should be enshrined in journalism schools across America as an example of how not to publish an article, the writers of Salon.com look on sneeringly, thinking they\u2019ve scored a coup de grace<\/span><\/em>. Truth is, it shows only the contempt and righteous arrogance of Salon.com toward those who fail to conform to its moral absolutes. The question, of course, could have been \u2018have we been wrong? Since Right wingers didn\u2019t object to a Muslim chapel at the Pentagon after 9\/11, maybe they are serious when they say they aren\u2019t against Muslims or Mosques, they just have particular issues with the one in New York.\u2019 Instead, I don\u2019t know if that even entered Salon\u2019s mind. If it did, it didn\u2019t last long enough to avoid what did happen, and that was a piece that basically tries to say \u201cHA! Got you! Just like we thought, just a bunch of hypocrite bigots trying to score political points by appealing to their base\u2019s innate bigotry!\u201d The modern media, so much to be proud of.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"