I still read the Atlantic, for the same reasons Dr. Scott mentions.

The cover story on McCain was an obvious detour (I hope it’s only a detour) into agenda journalism. The cover shot of McCain is an attempt to present the senator as an embalmed corpse or a Madame Tussaud wax figure.

NahnCee is provides a good summary of the cover:

“You know, if you look at the whole Atlantic cover, the photo’s she took really are a part of an attempted hit piece. The headline over McCain’s picture is “why war is his answer”. There’s another not-so-subliminal red headline in the upper corner feature the words “porn” and “adultery”. And according to Greenberg herself, the picture the Atlantic honcho’s did choose to run have McCain looking red-eyed and with “bad skin”.

Regarding Dante’s criticism re. Wrichard’s blog, I thank W. for trusting his readers and drawing them into discussion. The Belmont Club is a forum. Ms. Rossett, to mention a different kind of journalist, writes brilliant columns that are presenting a finished product, and the columns are not intended to elicit much comment.

And as always, if one is tired of visiting a blog as Dante seems to be, one can always choose to read something else.