Three CHEERS for the journalists who are NOT jumping on the "bash Bush"

[Sperk]

bandwagon, but who BUILT the damn thing!

There are a few journalist who showed courage, honor and patriotism by telling he American people the TRUTH about this utterly corrupt and incredibly dangerous Administration BEFORE it was fashionable. As a matter of fact, when it was very UNfashionable and they took a lot of heat for it. Eternal gratitude to.......(wish we had a DU award to give them)

Paul Krugman :toast:
Mark Morford :toast:
Molly Ivins :toast:
Helen Thomas :toast:
Robert Scheer :toast:

'Come on guys, help me out. I know I'm missing a lot.

[JanMichael]

1. Greg Palast!

:kick:

[PunkinPi]

2. My addition

Bill Moyers :toast:
Phil Donohue :toast:

and

Jon Stewart :toast:
(what the hell :))

[Stuckinthebush]

6. Yes, but Jon Stewart seems to trash the Dem candidates when he can

Last night with Gary Hart, Jon started out by bashing the Dem candidates as lightweights. The crowd gave polite giggles.

Gary Hart wagged his finger at Jon and said, "No" The president is definitely vulnerable and we have a good field of candidates.

I'm not convinced that Stewart is with us 100%.

Of course, he is really just a comedian anyway so his whole point is to get laughs.

[REP]

11. A Journalist Shouldn't Take Sides

Stewart is not beholden to either group, which makes him more credible. While the policies of Dems are far less insane, they're far from perfect, and Stewart's obsevations are dead on, eve when he's making fun on my candidate! Don't be fooled by him being a comedian; several organizations, including the Columbia Journalism Review and MWO, have acknowledged that he is indeed a journalist.

[LuminousX]

21. Stewart is with the common sense guy

See his interview with Bill Moyers.

[Sperk]

24. I agree, Stewart is the BEST "non" journalist out there....

pretty pathetic when a fake does a better job than the real thing!

[jmags]

3. Clarence Page

[grytpype]

4. wish we had a DU award to give them

Why not make one up? Who has mad Photoshop skillz?

[wellst0nev0ter]

5. Dana Milbanks!

To a small and restricted degree :shrug:

[NashVegas]

29. I Can Grok on That

Milbank was one of the first people to get on Rove's shitlist.

[karlschneider]

7. Jim Hightower and Arianna!

edit: forgot about Ms. Huffington!
:eyes:

[BurtWorm]

8. Bob Somerby at Dailyhowler.com

is now lambasting the piler-onners for still getting the facts wrong, even while they cut into Bush.

:toast:

[Cocoa]

9. Russell Mohkiber

:toast:

[Webster Green]

10. Jon Carroll

San Francisco Chronicle.

[chiburb]

12. Gene Lyons, Joe Conason, Eric Alterman. n/t

.

[Sperk]

25. excellent choices....I'm embarrassed that they didn't come to mind

:dunce: :spank:

[villager]

13. Michael Ventura!

columnist for the Austin Chronicle:

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/columns/lettersat3am.html

:toast:

[gully]

14. Lets not forget William Pitt??

:toast:

[ChompySnack]

15. Joe Coanason

One of the best ones in my opinion.

[carolinayellowdog]

16. Cynthia Tucker

on edit-- since Alterman was already taken

[displacedtexan]

17. a good list...

can be found at mediawhoresonline.com

look for the "media in exile" link (i think it's in the left column.) for their list of non-whores.

[OrdinaryTa]

18. Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman, and all the other fine journalists on Pacifica radio. If you want to hear the truth, listen to Goodman's Democracy Now.

[madmax]

19. Harley Sorensen

SF Gate

:toast: :kick:

[Green Mountain Dem]

20. and my choices would be.....

Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh...OHHHHHH NOOOOOOOO......just wanted to see how a freeper feels when they freep a poll. UGH I feel sick !!!!!

[LuCifer]

22. Carl Hiaasen

Even though he only wrote like 1 or 2 columns, they were still right on, and on one else in the South FloriDUH media (at least to my knowledge) even touched the subject. The only opposing views were syndicated columns from other markets.

Dr. Lu, oh my I gotta go poo!

[blindersoff]

23. James Goldsborough from the right wing rag San Diego U-T

..

[lastliberalintexas]

26. Don't forget Guy James

Kudos to all!

[pansypoo53219]

27. Washinton Monthy

had quite a few on their staff who revealed the chimp before 2000.

[caledesi]

28. Arianna Huffington, Eleanor Cliff, EJ Dionne, Bob Herbert

:toast: