Will Pitt has 3 of 4 top stories on scoop NZ right now

[McKenzie]

good on ya' Will.

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NY Times Ed: "The Major Press is Under Attack"
23 February 2005 | William Rivers Pitt

Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, was the keynote speaker at Columbia University's Blue Pencil Dinner on Friday night. In his talk, he made it abundantly clear that the flagship of American journalism doesn't think much of the rise of ...

You Want To Win A War Against Iran?
23 February 2005 | William Rivers Pitt

Scott Ritter got everyone in a twist this weekend by announcing Bush has June plans to bomb Iran.

Hunter S. Thompson: The Proverbial 'Live Boy'
23 February 2005 | William Rivers Pitt

William Rivers Pitt: "Hunter Thompson is the reason I write politics. Period. He was the most honest man in the business. Everyone else had and has an angle, a reputation, or a source to protect. Hunter stripped it down to the raw throbbing nerve and let ...

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[zann725]

1. He's on-a-roll!

The Hunter Thompson piece is amazing.

[GetTheRightVote]

2. awsome for him, he is very good

:kick:

[NJCher]

3. loved the piece on "attack on the press"

These dimwits are finally getting it.


Cher

[cornermouse]

6. Fact is, in their frantic charge to turn the evening news into

a money making proposition, the MSM has descended to the same level of journalism that we can see on The Enquirer's headlines. Its pretty obvious that they don't try to dig up news or facts. They just take press releases handed to them and quote them. Add in the latest "trial of the century", elevate a local murder story to the national level, add a story consisting of a commentary on a story, and ignore anything that comes to light via the bloggers. Bingo. Evening news all set to go.

[donheld]

4. Will shows great promise in a time when US media is AWOL

He's one of the reasons i found my way to DU and Truthout. He's one of the few who kept me sane the last 4 years.

[Disturbed]

5. Will is a great asset to America.

I am glad he is a DU member, as well.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

7. What a shock it was the first day I stumbled onto Truthout some odd

years ago.... what a dose of reality... haven't been the same since and couldn't be happier.

Persons such as Will are a national asset and a view into a true path towards ending the injustice, misunderstanding, profiteering, economic colonialism and other niceties.

These issues are what have lead to so much distrust (witness Venezuela) and friction that does not lead to a lessening of violence and perhaps terrorism, but rather fuels it.