Salon.com > Cults http://www.salon.com Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:31:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Hack List No. 7: The Huffington Post http://www.salon.com/2012/12/19/hack_list_no_7_the_huffington_post/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/19/hack_list_no_7_the_huffington_post/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13148942 This year, my annual list of the worst of political media highlights not just individuals, but the institutions that enable those individuals. The 2012 Hack List will be counting down the 10 media outlets that are hurting America over the next two days -- stay tuned! (Previous Hack List entries here, here and here.)

Arianna Huffington is brilliant. Her intellect is usually ignored by her detractors, who focus on her relentless ambition. Old-fashioned sexism taints so many pieces critical of Huffington that one sometimes feels a strong urge to defend her from the charge that she's cannibalizing and destroying American journalism.

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