Just did a quick piece for Salon about the Discovery hostage situation...

Yesterday, a crazed gunman wearing explosives took control of the Discovery Channel building in Silver Spring, Md. Online, you can read his manifesto, as well as dozens of message board posts, especially here, in which he rants about Discovery's programming. Why did he single out Discovery, of all the innocuous cable channels? Who knows: He's a crazed gunman. But the reams of screeds and ALL CAPS RANTING can be summed up in one demand: Get those baby reality shows off the air!

Read the whole thing here on Salon.