According to Them, Downey Nice and Mean

If Pulitzers were awarded for mean-spirited writing, your staffers Mike Downey and Chris Dufresne would qualify.

Downey’s eviscerating rip of The National was inspired cheap-shotting. At a funeral, he’s the one with the tambourine and kazoos. Weeks earlier, Dufresne ripped Sports Illustrated’s Paul Zimmerman for a few missed predictions.

How do readers gain from this nadir-level “reporting”?

ALFRED L. GINEPRA, Santa Monica