Where have all the good reporters gone?

I remember as a child growing up in Arizona..I remember the valley being hot and walking barefoot on the hot dirt roads. It was so hot that summer when I was only 13 and school had let out.
I remember it was the first time that I heard the phrase "Investigative Reporter". It sounded so official, so exciting, and so...deadly.
The news came in from every direction that hot day in 1976...

Don Bolles was in excellent spirits on the morning of June 2. It was his wedding anniversary. And it was Wednesday, downhill to the weekend. that morning he had a routine hearing at the Capitol. And once he drove over to the Clarendon House to talk with this Adamson fellow, the day would pass quickly. There would be a good lunch at the Phoenix Press club with friends. Back at the office, it wouldn't take long to rough out his notes from the hearing into story form for the Thursday Editions. If he was lucky, he'd be home by four. That would give him some time with the kids before he and Rosalie went out to celebrate the eighth year of their marriage with dinner and a movie.

http://www.davidicke.net/tellthetruth/reststory/reporter.html

All that ended with a blast. This reporter in his quest to find the truth, had paid the ultimate price.

Don Bolles was a true hero, although not the only one...just one I remember from my childhood days, when good was good and bad was bad.

I challenge ALL DU readers, posters and lurkers...to find information on some of the "true" heroes of the press and email them to the yellow bellied people that call themselves journalists and remind them what it takes to achieve success in their chosen field.
Many have died to bring the story to the people that they felt was worth reporting the truth for...they didn't cower behind media blackouts and shiver and shake...they got out and got the story.
Maybe we can shame the media into doing their jobs by shedding light on the bloodshed of their brothers who didn't care about losing their coveted cushy 7:00 time slots and only cared about the news and the people.
It's a thought.
Can't leave without kudos to Keith Olbermann. Great job man--thanks.

are still kicking around. check out altweeklies.com for example.

heehee.