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Eric, first of all, Politico USED to be revered as one of the major sources of great election-year reporting. And then they were bought out by a right-wing German publisher. Eugene, Rachael and Ryan seem to be simply accommodating their publisher's desires.

Another question has to be asked: why is the press ignoring the facts that they were villainized during 45, daily briefings eventually became nil, and if 45 becomes 47, most of 'em gonna lose their freedom of expression. Have all these American journalists forgotten what they've learned in school about what it means to be an American?

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the remains the key mystery—why is press anxious to have its abuser return ?

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Condolences to Eric's family & friends. This was his last response to me -- we commented at each other from time to time (always in agreement). Eric broadened my mind and my world tremendously and I am a better person for it. I feel very bad about this.

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I agree completely. His writing and analysis cut through the corporate media smokescreen. His death is a loss for all of us.

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I’m still so sad about it. Usually at 7am, I get the Press Run alert. He spoke to my frustrations about the political press in a way I never could.

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Yes, his psssing shocked and saddened me. He replied to me too. I’m just so gutted by this. My condolences to his family. He is so missed by us.

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Clicks = ad revenue

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I got a feeling a lot of those in the Press Corpse want more tax cuts.

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💰💰💰

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I think American journalists are under the mistaken impression that "It Can't Happen Here". That Trump's rhetoric was just rhetoric. He didn't really mean it. It was just red meat for the base. When in reality. Trump meant every word he said against the news media. If he gets back in power. They are going to learn the hard way. How wrong they were about thinking it couldn't happen here.

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I sadly believe that deep down inside the Press Corpse WANTS to see people oppressed. They want to see Trump's opponents attacked, punished and they want them locked up.

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Joe. Today is Wednesday the day we heard of Eric’s death 💔. Hoping we can all be in touch especially now. Heartbreaking.

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I saw James Fallows' blog last night and just cried. What a loss, I feel like I knew him personally. Such a tragedy.

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This really hurts. I was shocked when I saw The Rude Pundit's tweet and then saw the Daily Kos diaries. My heart just goes out to Eric's family!

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I was thinking about this as well. There are a bunch of subscribers that I have come to really like and respect - where do we go now?

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I suggest James Fallows. I wish Dan Froomkin would join Substack. I swear, he's Eric's ideological twin.

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Thank you, I appreciate the suggestions. The thing about Eric that made him special is that he hit the journalistic sweet spot between stuffy, old bore and overeager, ADHD millennial. His style was...human. I cannot think of anyone else that does that in political journalist. They're all so full of 💩

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Jennifer Rubin too.

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With respect to you, I have no use for Rubin.

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No worries. I like the way she calls out the media in some columns. What don’t you like?

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You didn’t ask me but I have a Republican no tolerance zone. She thinks there was a time when Republicans had “honor.” She does not get points because she finally realized Republicans are warped and immoral.

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One way to see who Rubin really is, is to Google "Jennifer Rubin Obama" and you'll get a whole goody bag of articles showing her true colors. Have you ever noticed that she rarely appears on TV? My guess is that it's because too many people know she's a fake. And even if she isn't, she has not repudiated anything she wrote in the past.

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I have followed her career for more than a decade and came to the conclusion that she changes her position when it's financially advantageous to her. She made no secret of her contempt for Obama, Democrats, the ACA, and in her early days as a columnist, the only thing she wrote about was her love for Israel and how she wanted to see a US embassy built in Jerusalem. In 2012 she openly shilled for Mitt Romney to the point where other journalists laughed at her for it. She realized in 2016 that the anti-Trump pose would do well, and it has, except occasionally she slips and gives advice to the Republicans in her columns. I don't think she has any integrity.

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hi all, I've been a paid subscriber since the beginning, I'm gutted about this. there are a bunch of us activists out on Twitter who absolutely revered and relied on Eric for his work leading the way on calling out the media. We had even recently been in touch with him, he was supportive :( Our Twitter is http://twitter.com/FixMediaNow and website mediaanddemocracyproject.org if you want to join us...

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Thanks for educating me. Disappointed that she, too, is compromised.

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☹️you always gave me a laugh. Short, pithy, fab.

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There's a horrible & creepy person who posted the comment brlow, today, on a Feb piece about Joe Rogan. Does anyone know can I report this? It's disgusting!

This is the comment (to one by Eric Barcelon):

Eric Boehlert’s Corpse

5 hr ago

You’re an idiot and so am I. That’s why I got killed by a train lol

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Astounding. Maybe start with Substack.

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I'll try that. Thanks.

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I saw this one, and another on another of Eric's articles. Imagine the depth of psychosis necessary to pay for a subscription just to troll a dead man. It shows that there were awful extremist right wingers who were trolling Eric's blog and decided to do the equivalent of spitting on his grave. I think it's up to Substack to deal with this, but I don't know how.

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It's very upsetting. It actually made me physically ill.

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Same here. Last night when I read about what happened, I cried and then I went to bed.

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me too... :(

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It was surreal.I couldn't sleep.

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They no longer teach what it means to be an American in school, so you can forgive the younger reporters, I guess... The older ones have moved into senior management positions. Most of those realize that you can make more money by manufacturing drama for the front page than reporting the news as an honest means to keep the public informed.

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Well note how the CCCP has gone silent about Ginni and Clarence Thomas.

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We heard more about Will and Jada this past week than we heard about Clarence and Ginni.

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That's really inconceivable?

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