It’s been removed since we first spotted it earlier this morning, but the placement of a link to terrible political news site The Hill’s “Submitting an op-ed” guideline page toward the closing sentences of “Biden isn’t mentally up to the job” by soon-to-be former RNC chair Ronna Not-Romney McDaniel raises questions over whether its inclusion was prompted by the content of the failed leader’s piece.
It’s as if an editor decided “Holy fuck this botox-faced idiot is saying less than nothing about Biden’s age, yet still manages to fill out 625 words. Some average schmuck could not do any worse than this so we might as well just start asking for submissions from the average schmucks out there.”
“Here are some points to help guide you. Things we like: Timely pieces of between 600 and 900 words. Pieces with nuanced and precise language written in the active voice. Pieces that are relevant to our readers. Please read what we publish to get better acquainted with the types of pieces we run. Pieces containing unexpected, unpopular or contrarian arguments. A piece could be excellent but make a similar point as several other pieces we’ve run or plan to run. Make yours unique,” says the submission guidelines, emphasis theirs. No mention of compensation rates.