Washington Post hires Republican blogger, and no Dem bloggers, to "balance" their coverage. My subscription to the Washington Post is canceled

I'm not renewing my subscription to the Washington Post.

Consider it a small step, but maybe if the Washington Post's advertisers start asking just who subscribes to the newspaper anymore, and they see that it's fewer and fewer "influentials," maybe just maybe the Republicans running the new Washington Post may decide to finally balance their coverage and stop being the FOX News of the dead-tree world.

But don't expect it any time soon.

The latest atrocity from the Post? They've hired a conservative blogger to "balance" their coverage, with no announcement at all of a liberal blogger to balance HIS coverage.

Yes, the Washington Post is hiring a conservative blogger and no liberal blogger. Yeah, that's fair and balanced. Because, you know, the newspaper that brought us the Iraq war with its unwavering support for George Bush, and now is all gung-ho printing outright lies in support of Bush's plans to invade Iran, they need a good conservative blogger to balance their glaring conservative bias.

In spite of all of that, the Post apparently honestly really thought it needed to go MORE conservative to balance out its "liberal bias." Uh huh. Because you guys haven't whored youselves out enough in support of enough failed wars and the dismantling of our democracy? What, did George Bush promise to invite Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt to more barbeques if Hiatt just lifts his legs one more time?

I'll say it again. Katherine Graham is rolling over in her grave at what Fred Hiatt has done to destroy what once was one of the nation's great newspapers.