Viewing these covers, a question must be asked: do these moments of marketing (through a choice in covers) reveal more about Americans, or about the state of American journalism? I fear the answer. – Daily Kos

If your response is, “That’s a troubling question” you are part of the solution to stupid media production and consumption.

If your response is, “He’s quoting the Daily Kos! This post and this site are ritually impure!” you are part of the problem of stupid media production and consumption.