Jack Anderson died today.

[Rainbow gatherer]

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/17/D8EI5980A.html

A voice that will be missed.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Thanks, and welcome to DU.

[Radio_Lady]

4. Have a RAINBOW good day! I remember Jack Anderson's work.

But I didn't know he was a Mormon.

Thanks for posting and welcome.

[Rainbow gatherer]

6. He may be one of the last true investigators.

Too many "reporters" today are lazy and just get information from direct sources (read: Pentagon, Oval Office, think tanks, etc.). Few on major newspapers have the guts to do real-life PI work and finding all the connections.

Too much of our mainstream press feeds us "mind nutrition" the same way McDonalds feeds us "body nutrition".

[electropop]

2. He helped save us from Nixon.

Now we are on our own with Bush.

[blogslut]

3. Sigh

Amazing man. It's not every reporter that can say "Nixon tried to kill me".

Pulitzer-Winning Columnist Anderson Dies

Saturday December 17, 2005 6:31 PM

By CONNIE CASS

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Jack Anderson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning muckraking columnist who struck fear into the hearts of corrupt or secretive politicians, inspiring Nixon operatives to plot his murder, died Saturday. He was 83.

Anderson died at his home in Bethesda, Md., of complications from Parkinson's disease, said one of his daughters, Laurie Anderson-Bruch.

Anderson gave up his syndicated Washington Merry-Go-Round column at age 81 in July 2004, after Parkinson's disease left him too ill to continue. He had been hired by the column's founder, Drew Pearson, in 1947.

The column broke a string of big scandals, from Eisenhower assistant Sherman Adams taking a vicuna coat and other gifts from a wealthy industrialist in 1958 to the Reagan administration's secret arms-for-hostages deal with Iran in 1986...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5486627,00.html

[Mabus]

5. Let's not forget how he helped f**k over the Dems over in 1972

"Democratic nominee George S. McGovern's presidential hopes virtually evaporated when it was revealed shortly after the party convention that his newly chosen vice presidential running mate, Missouri U.S. Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton, had been hospitalized on three occasions for depression and had undergone electroshock therapy.

Eagleton had kept the explosive information from McGovern at the convention, but too many Missouri politicians and others knew about his secret for it to be kept under wraps. An anonymous tip about Eagleton's past to the Detroit Free Press began the chain of events that eventually brought the Democrat's episodes to public view.

The least responsible coverage of the ensuing frenzy was provided by columnist Jack Anderson, who falsely reported a half-dozen Eagleton "arrests" for drunk driving and other traffic offenses based on a questionable and unverified tip. Anderson's gross breach of journalistic ethics in printing unproven gossip generated some sympathy for Eagleton, but it could not save him.

Under pressure from McGovern and many senior Democrats, Eagleton withdrew from the ticket, but not before McGovern had swallowed a suicide pill by declaring himself to be "1,000 percent" behind his doomed partner.

source: Thomas Eagleton's Mental Health – 1972, from WaPo

[JanMichael]

10. Nice guy my heart weeps.

Oh well...

[newyawker99]

7. Rest in Peace Mr Anderson. n/t

[FreedomAngel82]

8. So many people have died lately

:cry: This year has been so depressing.

[Wapsie B]

9. I met him.

He was at UNI giving a lecture then went to the student union to shoot the breeze with those who wanted to. RIP Jack.