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colsohlibgal

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72. Keep Truth Telling Charlie!

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 03:55 PM

Oct 2013

He's on my short list of 5 or so I'd love to have a few drinks with while we talk politics.

I still miss Hunter Thompson but his spirit and style live on, I see a bit of him in Charlie and also in Matt Taibbi.

I just love him calling Lindsay Graham senator "Butchmeup".

He is right on the money about MSM, they need called out over and over. They've been cowed by big money and decades of far right cranks like Bernie Goldberg claiming liberal bias - well get real MSM, the truth is facts tend to have a liberal bias.

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Charles Pierce calls specific members of the media to account for bringing us to today [View all] kpete Oct 2013 OP

Recommend jsr Oct 2013 #1

I love Charles Pierce Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #2

So do I! This was a particularly well done piece wasn't it? :) nt Mojorabbit Oct 2013 #76

As we say in the Mental Health Field Chief D Oct 2013 #3

.......... Hotler Oct 2013 #26

Truth. Lex Oct 2013 #4

Not just the media .... Scuba Oct 2013 #5

I wish I could too...but I can't. russspeakeasy Oct 2013 #11

Scuba kpete Oct 2013 #12

2000 selection reddread Oct 2013 #23

Democratic Party leadership deserved every last word of that rant. bullwinkle428 Oct 2013 #38

Hell, yeah! SomeGuyInEagan Oct 2013 #67

^^^this^^^ progressoid Oct 2013 #40

Rec AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #47

truth. Roland99 Oct 2013 #63

Third Way bullshit ... Thanks a lot, Clintons. Arugula Latte Oct 2013 #70

LOL, where did you ever, ... CRH Oct 2013 #92

Thanks. It has been floating around the Internet for about 10 years or so. Arugula Latte Oct 2013 #94

Agreed gopiscrap Oct 2013 #87

Great rant. Pierce is a terrific writer The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2013 #6

But he could have named so many more names. calimary Oct 2013 #14

Maybe he didn't have enough room for all of them. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2013 #28

Media whores hibbing Oct 2013 #41

careful, now reddread Oct 2013 #42

Still miss the Horse bigbrother05 Oct 2013 #65

Thank you. The Russerts were/are whores of great achievement. SomeGuyInEagan Oct 2013 #90

along with that lowlife screechy fuck on CNBC who went batshit after Obama was elected Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #44

Rick Santelli hatrack Oct 2013 #58

That was excellent! CrispyQ Oct 2013 #7

"These are pathetic, worthless children, playing dress-up, & smashing things because they like the FSogol Oct 2013 #8

Could not be truer . . .n/t annabanana Oct 2013 #9

Naming names. Absolutely spot on and appropriate. n/t Tom Rinaldo Oct 2013 #10

Bravo, Mr. Pierce. Bravo and encore. Paladin Oct 2013 #13

Matthews is fascinated by dicks, Enthusiast Oct 2013 #17

Takes one to be fascinated by one. (nt) Paladin Oct 2013 #19

Yes Dicks and Ronald Reagan Stallion Oct 2013 #27

Chris is a Reagan "Democrat". Enthusiast Oct 2013 #30

Don't you want to puke how he gushes over how great Reagan was? kimbutgar Oct 2013 #20

I'm avoiding Matthews for that very reason. Paladin Oct 2013 #25

buy my book! 0rganism Oct 2013 #45

It kills me every time I see him praised here on DU Orrex Oct 2013 #39

Yes. Exactly. nt PCIntern Oct 2013 #51

Yep. Awful AND shrill. SomeGuyInEagan Oct 2013 #89

I should have looked for the duplicate thread! It was bound to hit bullwinkle428 Oct 2013 #15

this is spot on samsingh Oct 2013 #16

And Jim Lehrer and Bob Schieffer Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2013 #81

Kicked and Recommended! nt Enthusiast Oct 2013 #18

Wow. Good for him. n/t leftyladyfrommo Oct 2013 #21

Awesome. Recommended! (NT) PBass Oct 2013 #22

Great Read! And, this part from the article: KoKo Oct 2013 #24

Oh, god...yes! AzDar Oct 2013 #29

k and r niyad Oct 2013 #31

The truth of this is long overdue. zeemike Oct 2013 #32

I think it is good MichaelKelley Oct 2013 #33

We are all culpable because we took our eyes off the ball and became complacent ... MindMover Oct 2013 #34

I reject that assertion maxsolomon Oct 2013 #53

I am not commenting on citizens who listen rationally and vote intelligently .... MindMover Oct 2013 #55

I think that's exactly backwards Fumesucker Oct 2013 #91

In our bizarro world, what's up is down and what's round is square, so MindMover Oct 2013 #95

This was the part of the post I was responding to Fumesucker Oct 2013 #96

I believe that the lower income person does not vote because he/she MindMover Oct 2013 #97

k & r SHRED Oct 2013 #35

Great read malaise Oct 2013 #36

Truth out!! We are all responsible esp. the media... hue Oct 2013 #37

And again..... dawnie51 Oct 2013 #43

K & R L0oniX Oct 2013 #46

Another beauty from Pierce mcar Oct 2013 #48

KnR for the Reign of Morons... Hekate Oct 2013 #49

K & R Charlie won't be getting holiday cards from THOSE people anymore! FailureToCommunicate Oct 2013 #50

K&R Solly Mack Oct 2013 #52

Awesome piece! Hubert Flottz Oct 2013 #54

R#114 for, wow, somebody gets paid for saying what Little Ol'Me says, esp. abt Tweety, SULLIVAN n/t UTUSN Oct 2013 #56

This article should get a place of honor on the Greatest Page of DU. Of course, K&R X 10000000000 JDPriestly Oct 2013 #57

Excellent JDP..Spot On 2banon Oct 2013 #60

Thanks Mr. Pierce. Looking forward to part 2 of thins truth of kicking ass and naming names n/t bonniebgood Oct 2013 #59

Happy to add my Rec to this excellent piece... 2banon Oct 2013 #61

The oligarch media is another example of the condition I call class sociopathy. rhett o rick Oct 2013 #62

KICK! Joe Bacon Oct 2013 #64

knr Douglas Carpenter Oct 2013 #66

god I love Charles Pierce. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2013 #68

The issue that burns my ass is when some lazy assed "reporter" mouths the nonsense that bluestate10 Oct 2013 #69

I do hope that Nancy Pelosi blue14u Oct 2013 #80

Pity List 2013 Blue Owl Oct 2013 #71

Keep Truth Telling Charlie! colsohlibgal Oct 2013 #72

It just needs to be said again, "Fuck Andrew Sullivan" MNBrewer Oct 2013 #73

his rehabilitation on DU has been amusing. KG Oct 2013 #93

Protestor sign seen on CNN newsfeed..."When we're screwed, we multiply" Oh, the irony. libdem4life Oct 2013 #74

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #75

As always, the people that need to read this won't. Boomerproud Oct 2013 #77

Okay article, but he fails to name one party......namely, Hamsher & Greenwald & their fake-ass ilk.. AverageJoe90 Oct 2013 #78

hey DonCoquixote Oct 2013 #86

Amen! trishtrash Oct 2013 #79

K&R DeSwiss Oct 2013 #82

Yo frikin' Ho MSM rats flamingdem Oct 2013 #83

That column was a keeper! ellie Oct 2013 #84

ugly truth DonCoquixote Oct 2013 #85

One more kick for Charlie. Bravo! myrna minx Oct 2013 #88

Like I said waaaaay back: The "New" Assassins SoCalDem Oct 2013 #98