If you haven't been following the Dan Snyder/Washington Redskins/Washington City Paper laughable lawsuit and subsequent legal defense fund, here's a letter to readers (and Snyder) from the City Paper publisher, Amy Austin, that sums it up nicely. (City Paper is part of the Creative Loafing chain of newsweeklies.)

Austin's letter doesn't just demolish the premises of Snyder's libel suit. It's also a quietly forceful defense of quality journalism, coupled with a suggestion that Washington, D.C. would be better served if the owner of the Redskins were spending his time trying to produce quality football: