As long-time readers probably known, I absolutely detest Salon.Com. Still, when I received a spam purporting to be from Salon Media Group asking me to re-up my subscription recently, even I had to do a double-take. Yes they have lousy judgment, poor ethics and a trash tabloid aesthetic, but even Salon.Com’s publishers wouldn’t try to entice me to renew my subscription by offering up previously unpublished Abu Ghraib photos of torture. Would they?
We’re planning to release hundreds more photos taken inside Abu Ghraib. Using information found in a U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) report and other sources, our news team is cataloging each image so we may provide captions that offer critical context. Our goal is to publish newsworthy pictures that haven’t been widely seen before, providing the best information that the CID investigation materials could offer.
I’m contacting you and other former Salon Premium members to make sure these photos reach a large audience. Your expired Premium membership supported our ongoing mission to speak truth to power, but we need your help again now.
I’d like to urge you to renew your Premium membership now through this link to give us the support we need to continue this important work:
Well that is a bit tempting. Hey Salon — how about throwing in an autographed photo of Lyndie England?