No wonder they're so bitter

From the NYT Magazine piece on lefty bloggers, courtesy of the good Fraters:

Anytime somebody builds a media empire, especially one that includes pornography, you assume the money is good, but in the Wonkette's case, it isn't. Her starting salary was $18,000 a year. (She's getting bonuses now for increased traffic, but not much.)

I can't even begin to express the extent of my amusement here. Remember, she represents the big time to the people who enjoy making fun of my "failed writing career". The initial print run on my new book is 25k... you do the math.

At that hourly rate, Wonkette doesn't even qualify as a media whore. Media slut, perhaps.