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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:27 PM
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Top '30 Media Heroes' List - The Nation (Maddow # 1)
Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 02:07 PM by ihavenobias
In response to Salon.com doing a http://www.salon.com/news/war_room_hack_thirty/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2010/11/24/hack_list_1|30 Biggest Media Hacks> list, The Nation put together a voter generated 30 Media Heroes.

You can http://www.thenation.com/blog/156694/results-30-media-heroes-voting-announced-maddow-takes-top-spot|read the details here> (including the honorable mentions), and see the results below:

1. Rachel Maddow (MSNBC)

2. Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!)

3. Glenn Greenwald (Salon.com)

4. Matt Taibbi (Rolling Stone and more)

5. Bill Moyers (formerly PBS)

6. Jon Stewart (The Daily Show)

7. Keith Olbermann (MSNBC)

8. Jeremy Scahill (The Nation)

9. Paul Krugman (The New York Times)

10. Stephen Colbert (Colbert Report)

11. Chris Hayes (The Nation, MSNBC)

12. Seymour Hersh (The New Yorker and more)

13. Chris Hedges (The Nation and more)

14. Arianna Huffington (Huffington Post)

15. Jane Hamsher (FireDogLake)

16. Cenk Uygur (The Young Turks)

17. Naomi Klein (The Nation)

18. Dylan Rattigan (MSNBC)

19. Bill Maher (HBO)

20. Frank Rich (The New York Times)

21. David Sirota (syndicated columnist)

22. Thom Hartmann (radio)

23. Julian Assange (WikiLeaks)

24. Digby (blogger)

25. Greg Palast (writer)

26. Ed Schultz (MSNBC)

27. Laura Flanders (GRIT TV and more)

28. Allison Kilkenny-Jamie Kilstein (Citizen Radio team)

29. Sam Seder (Huffington Post and more)

30. Jim Hightower (The Nation and more)
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:35 PM
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1. Ahh, so glad to see Sammy (Seder) make the list.
Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 01:41 PM by hlthe2b
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MedfordTim Donating Member (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:38 PM
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2. Where is John Amato and C&L??
I could easily replace Frank Rich with the C&L team...
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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 06:46 PM
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7. Well, it was a voter generated list. n/t
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:44 PM
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3. no one on the list I would argue against...just not sure that is the order I would have chosen.
I would think that Seymour Hersh and Greg Palast would be higher on the list.

Guess it is a matter of "what have you told me LATELY?"
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 02:04 PM
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4. It's ABSURD that Robert Parry isn't on that list. Shows those who compiled it have a dumb spot.
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CherylK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 03:10 PM
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5. Colbert almost missed the top 10!
Other than that not a bad list.

:thumbsup:
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20score Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 03:11 PM
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6. K&R!
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 06:53 PM
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8. Did anyone with melanin make that list, or is that a question we're not supposed to ask?
Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 07:07 PM by Number23
Edit: Just saw that Arianna and Hamsher made the "cut." :puke:

Perhaps it's a blessing that none of the many minority journalists/media figures in this country made the list even though they threw in Melissa Harris Perry and Eugene Robinson as added on "honorable mentions." lol Pitiful.
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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 10:24 PM
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12. Depends on how much melanin.
Cenk Uygur is 'olive skinned' (brown to some) and a legal immigrant from Turkey (with a 'funny' name to many). But yes, otherwise I see your point.
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 08:58 PM
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9. K&R! Great list!
My media heroes are present and accounted for, not necessarily in this order, LOL, but I am happy to see Rachel Maddow at #1... Cool! :woohoo:
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PGH TYT fan Donating Member (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 09:03 PM
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10. Kick
Amy should be above Rachel though
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Ramulux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 09:14 PM
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11. Glad to see Cenk rank so high
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 12:21 PM
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17. Me too
he is my personal favorite, although everyone on the list has made valuable contributions. Also nice to see him filling in quite a bit on MSNBC in the afternoons.
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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 01:51 PM
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18. It's interesting
A fan of the show used a program to see how many people voted for Cenk via Twitter, and then in the comment section (the third way was email the author, no way to track those votes). Cenk had 10.75% of the 1,200 votes cast, again not counting email votes. He's listed at 16.

I have no further comment.
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renate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 11:05 PM
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13. I like our team
It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling to see these names all together in one place. There are a couple I might have omitted, myself, but all in all... :woohoo:
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 11:12 PM
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14. Should have Charlie Brooker on there. I am glad to see Mr. Palast made it.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 11:13 PM
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15. Heroes...
Okay.
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Turborama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 11:27 PM
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16. K&R thanks for posting n/t
:kick:
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 04:29 PM
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19. Kick
Too late for the R though!
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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-10 06:05 PM
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20. I thought it would be more controversial.
You know, people saying '(fill in the blank) is (fill in the blank)?!'

But I guess not.
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