Salon.com announced today their rollout of the Hack 30 -- their list of the 30 worst pundits in the American media. And, not surprisingly, Los Angeles Times blogger and Media Matters favorite Andrew Malcolm makes the list at number 28 for writing “every story in such a way that maximizes its chances of getting linked to by Matt Drudge” and masquerading “as a regular news blogger instead of your bog-standard right-wing crank.”

There's not a whole lot there I can quibble with, but looking at this barely coherent Top of the Ticket entry from Malcolm this morning, I feel justified in saying they should have put him higher on the list:

So just to wrap up, the LA Times' political blogger posted some analysis this morning in which he called Joe Biden old (and balding); complained that Biden isn't held to the same age “rules” as presidential candidate John McCain was, even though Biden is six years younger and not running for president; and suggested Obama replace Biden because in two years he'll be almost as old as McCain was two years ago. Later on in the post, he contrasted “Real Good Talker” Obama with Republican Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, whom he called a “doer.”

Seriously, Salon... 28 was way too low.