[dmix]

One of Hunter S Thompson's most famous works was a series of articles in Rolling Stone covering the 1972 presidential election of Nixon/McGovern. It was good stuff, very readable, and yet he was clearly biased towards McGovern (which was clearly an unpopular opinion as he ended up losing in one of the biggest landslide loses in presidential history).

Nothing wrong with their writers being political or biased. The bigger problem is whether they can talk about politics without being heavy handed, preachy, or trite, like much of politics being pigeon-holed into all forms of media today.

It seems many journalists today have lost their sense of humour and everything is overly serious and self-important. Especially when compared to the writings of HST vs what they put out today.

[username223]

"Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" is probably the best thing HST ever wrote. Find it, read it, don't take it all completely seriously, and you may learn something.