What is The Mother Jones Fiasco?
Moore was offered the editorship of _Mother Jones_ magazine, an opportunity to bring his voice to a national level. Immediately, he took the bait. He sold _The Michigan Voice_ and moved to San Francisco. His girlfriend, Kathleen Glynn, gave up her graphic design business to join him. When Moore took over the editorial rein of _Mother Jones_magazine, he felt that the publication had taken “a slide into safe mediocrity.” He wanted to evolve _Mother Jones_ from what was essentially a harmless yuppie publication into something revitalizing the magazine’s old working class ties and exposing the social ills of the nation. He met with the editorial staff the first day he was hired and Moore took the liberty to bash the magazine, telling everybody that he wouldn’t print anything in the last three issues and asking if anybody in the room could defend themselves against this claim. He brought in several new writers, including Ben Hamper, Hugh Drummond and Alexander Cockburn. The September 1986 i
