Slate Needs to Wipe Itself Clean After Smearing Alan Colmes

Following Alan Colmes' death on Thursday, Isaac Chotiner of Slate penned what I would loosely call an obituary. Take a look at its title:

Alan Colmes, Buffoon and Patsy, Was Fox News’ Original Liberal Weakling

Sadly, it only got worse:

But while Colmes may not have been a genius, he wasn’t a complete moron either; in short, he was smart enough to know he was being used, and to take the money that his services demanded. If this is something less than morally reprehensible, it is still pretty gross. We can mourn that Alan Colmes won’t be around to watch the political era he, as an important cog in the Fox News machine, helped usher in; unfortunately, the rest of us have no choice.

Why? All because Colmes worked for Fox News? If Chotiner despised Colmes so much why didn't he challenge him when he was alive and could defend himself? Because Chotiner is a coward.

It has been nearly 72 hours since Chotiner posted the article. As of this writing, it is still up with the headline intact. The fact that Chotiner nor Slate do not have the decency to pull the article or say they went too far and apologize to Colmes' widow speaks volumes. Slate needs to wipe itself clean.