Reply #299: they publish other articles. I don't see the point in a viewing boycott

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you might miss something valuable that isn't available on other sites. That's why it's not the right course to tear TO to the ground. We need all of the progressive friendly sites we can get. There's the editorial side to TO and there's the presentation of other's articles which have to be judged on their own merits, apart from whatever advocating by the editors. Good news sources get bogged down sometimes, fumbling responsibility for some stories they promote. We bang away at the editors, yet we don't necessarily ignore a subsequent story just because they fumbled a previous one. NYT is the first one that comes to mind in this. Stop reading NYT and you may lose the threads. TO is no NYT, granted, but they are our source for the opposition voice, and others. They need to straighten this mess out; they will, I think. But their actions don't necessarily impune the rest of the stories they provide, even though some will certainly take that tack. Understandably so due to a viewership who's numbers are still struggling to achieve parity with the readership of the well-oiled network sources. They are still working to establish themselves as an institution. That will take much care, and I think, an emphasis on harvesting the support rather than digging more furrows.