Okay, knowing that I myself am not exactly a peaceful little moderate and am very much in favor of revolution for the right reasons..

Why Starbucks? Why Vicky's? WTF?

The INS building, I can understand. Starbucks? Ive never understood the radical left's obsession with Starbucks. Always people are bitching about Starbucks, protesting it, calling for boycotts, etc.. why? Is this ALL over that silly Corporate Whore copyright lawsuit still? I mean granted, that was exceptionally evil and lame of them, but geezus - if that's all, get over it. There's much bigger and fresher evil to concern yourself with.

And now Victoria's Secret? What, is lingerie being produced by prison slave labor in China? (I dunno, maybe it is, but I haven't heard of it.)

This kind of reporting only serves to polarize, effectively maintaining the status quo of current political divisions. People who already agree, are encouraged. People who think it makes no sense, think it's even more senseless.

If the radical leftwing media expect to ever make a real contribution to politics, they should stop preaching to the converted and provide some real food for thought for the rest of us. EXPLAIN the Starbucks thing. EXPLAIN Vicky's. Hell, explain the INS issue just because Im sure others dont understand it yet.

It's a fundamental principle of professional journalism, which this crap is forever missing: always assume your reader knows nothing, and inform them from square 1, in every single article.

Sheesh.

And anyone who thinks the correct answer is "Go do your own research and educate yourself!" - this is why you aren't in professional journalism, and why only the radical left will give you the time of day. The corp sellouts may have lost their souls, but at least they're competent in their craft.