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2. Olberman!! He has his issues but is a GREAT progressive!

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Mon Jun 25, 2012, 10:36 PM

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Name Your Top 5 (Or Whatever Number You Want) Honorable People In The Political Media [View all] WillyT Jun 2012 OP

Great list upi402 Jun 2012 #1

The reason Molly Ivins is 'inactive' is because she died in 2007 Tx4obama Jun 2012 #8

Olberman!! He has his issues but is a GREAT progressive! Logical Jun 2012 #2

I'll trade Stephanie Miller in for Cenk Uygur rurallib Jun 2012 #3

Bill Moyers and Amy Goodman. ananda Jun 2012 #4

Damn... How Could I Forget Moyers... WillyT Jun 2012 #6

Yep, great too!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #7

Same for me for the top five!!! What, David Gregory isn't on the list! LOL! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #5

LOl !!!! WillyT Jun 2012 #10

! dmr Jun 2012 #23

Add to what everyone said Lawrence O'Donnell and Ed Schultz. Greybnk48 Jun 2012 #9

+1 wordpix Jun 2012 #35

Here's my top 5....(6, actually!) NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #11

No list of this sort is complete without Mike Malloy. Systematic Chaos Jun 2012 #12

Easy rufus dog Jun 2012 #13

ROFLMAO !!! WillyT Jun 2012 #14

So does Lawrence O'Donnell. nt MADem Jun 2012 #30

I'm a fan of Joy Ann Reid - but she isn't that prominent ... yet aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #15

Laura Flanders and Keith Olbermann and of course Bill Moyers. sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #25

He says he's only a comedian, but I would include Jon Stewart, and perhaps Steven Colbert corkhead Jun 2012 #16

In the "Up and Coming" category, I'd like to nominate ... Martin Bashir Bozita Jun 2012 #17

+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! WillyT Jun 2012 #18

Absolutely! Lugnut Jun 2012 #19

Yep!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #31

Uh...Moyers. And does Michelle Martin (NPR's Tell Me More) count? BlueIris Jun 2012 #20

Add Chris Hayes. nt Tennessee Gal Jun 2012 #21

Chris Hayes, yes. sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #26

Bill Press mfcorey1 Jun 2012 #22

For pure intellectual & analytical thinking - dmr Jun 2012 #24

Yes, Matt Taibbi and Jeremy Scahill. sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #27

Dan Rather, so honorable he lost his anchor job because he wouldn't compromise. nt Raine Jun 2012 #28

here are some limpyhobbler Jun 2012 #29

Mine are lillypaddle Jun 2012 #32

I'd add Martin Bashir and Mike Papantionio to the list. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #33

Moyers, Taibbi, Alyona Minkovski (RT), Chomsky, Assange just1voice Jun 2012 #34

Maddow, Krugman, Hays 1-Old-Man Jun 2012 #36

Hayes, Hedges, Maddow, Bashir, Hartmann, Goodman WilliamPitt Jun 2012 #37

OUTSTANDING LIST! GarroHorus Jun 2012 #41

Paul Krugman, Amy Goodman, Blue_In_AK Jun 2012 #38

Pretty Good List So Far... Very Few From The MSM, No ??? WillyT Jun 2012 #39

Take Uygur off oyur list. GarroHorus Jun 2012 #40