After some thought, if I were this guy's editor, I'd probably fire him. Grounds? Oh, a few things:
(1) Well, it's an opinion piece, I guess, so you have to let stupidity slide; but....
(2) Total inability to research a topic properly;
(3) Showing the same kind of slanderous bias that he eschews in the article (he'll probably have to look that word up);
(4) Showing the same kind of slanderous bias that got guys like Jimmt the Greek and Al Campanis fired;
(5) Sheer inability to write something with a logical foundation.
But mostly:
(6) Successful columnists don't write "rants." It isn't useful, it gets people canceling their subscriptions, and it does nothing whatsoever to make people respect the profession: Professionals don't do this.
This isn't a "Bible-thumper's" critique; it's all about writing -- and I'd expect much better out of a high school composition class.
I wish I was a better writer. :-)
Thanks for your posts and I especially enjoyed that analysis. Do you write?