Chron.com: dumbed down and trashed up (cont'd.)

We’ve noted that the Chronicle occasionally has problems with its letter page. However, one problem we’ve never noted before is the newspaper’s editorial page editor taking space on the editorial page to contest a letter

The Chronicle‘s post-mortem on the Heflin-Vo race is reasonable enough, given the low standards that have been set. Unfortunately, there’s one little error that seems to have gotten by the idealists on the editorial board:

The Chronicle obsession with the House Majority Leader is becoming a source of amusement. Today’s effort finds this bit of Tom DeLay commentary mixed in with what is ostensibly coverage of the upcoming convention of