Give it up for Joshua freakin Marshall

[kpete]

Give it up for Joshua freakin Marshall
by seesdifferent
Mon Aug 27, 2007 at 11:11:03 AM PDT

Were it not for his pathetic appearances before Congress over the firing of US Attorneys, Alberto Gonzales would still be Attorney General of the United States. He would be happily presiding over what would become the Press Office of the Republican Party, churning out indictments of every leading Democrat in the country, refusing to enforce the laws and treaties of the US, and bringing civil rights back to the 1940's. Gonzales' role was the enforcer of Karl Rove's dirty vision of America, and the blind eye to the paranoic machinations of Dick Cheney.

Gonzales' Congressional testimony appearances resulted from the work of a blogger, Joshua Micah Marshall, and his small staff at TPM Memo and TPM Muckraker (and I would add more to that list but TPM has been on top, kpete)

from Robert Niles at the Online Journalism Review:
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/070320niles/

TPM Media reporters gathered information by working phones, swapping e-mails and searching documents as well as following reporting from San Diego's Union-Tribune and North County Times, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and McClatchy's Washington bureau covering the firings of respected local U.S. Attorneys and their replacement with Bush administration loyalists.

Joshua Marshall's work crystalizes what blogging is about:

more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/27/134330/454

[malaise]

1. K & R for the new breed of journalists

who put MSM to shame.

[glitch]

21. K & R - they are as awesome as the collaborators in the corporate media are shameful.

Remarkable contrast.

[lazyriver]

2. Hell yeah!

[BurtWorm]

3. Yes.

:applause:

[Booster]

4. Joshua Marshall - a TRUE American patriot. Thanks, Josh.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :loveya: :headbang: :patriot:

[lonestarnot]

5. High 5!

[L. Coyote]

6. SO, why didn't TPM make the CREW connection with DEEP MODEM?

There are about FIFTY "Anonymous" lawyer posts at CREW, some are word for word.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1669387&mesg_id=1669387

This will take some explaining! Who pasted them over?

[King Coal]

18. L. Coyote. Can you summarize what it is you are trying to say?

I think you are on to something but it is cloudy. Can you explain it more clearly?

[90-percent]

7. Josh

God Bless you, Josh!

Thank you for doggedly practicing the lost art of "journalism". You are the future of freedom and checks and balances. The MSM stenographers are dinosaurs doomed to extinction.

Our formally robust and working Consittution and your efforts could give us the "breathing room" to restore health and vigor to the Constitution that has served us well since 1776. (Or 1781 or what ever?)

Thanks again!

-85% jimmy

[Robbien]

8. Paul Kiel at Marshall's Muckrakers was a bulldog on this issue

He kept after it and kept after it for weeks with no newspapers picking it up.

[OregonBlue]

17. Yes he did and it's a wonder to behold the fuits of his labor!!

[Bucky]

9. If TPM can take out just one more corrupt Republican, I'll even forgive his support for Iraq

I think Josh Marshall is in part out for neocon scalps because he was among the duped in 2003.

[Hamlette]

10. k&r for a daily must read. Josh is the best blog out there. n/t

[Maraya1969]

11. I did not know this!! I am so impressed.

Dear Mr. Marshall and Staff:


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From us at DU

[Bitwit1234]

12. I love his Talking Points Cafe TPC.com

[hfojvt]

13. wasn't he also

the guy who took out Trent Lott? According to Krugman, yes.

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2002/12/56978

'"Joshua Marshall, whose talkingpointsmemo.com is must reading for the politically curious, (is) more than anyone else, responsible for making Trent Lott's offensive remarks the issue they deserve to be," noted Paul Krugman in his New York Times column.'

[aquart]

14. You know what? That's exactly right! Go TPM!

[justinaforjustice]

15. Marshall's www.talkingpointsmemo.com Is Excellent.

Yes, we can thank Josh Marshall's "Talking Points Memo" website for bringing down Attorney General Alberto Gonzales! This just shows what a small group of dedicated investigative journalists can accomplish. It also points up how poorly how national media serves our country.

The deputy attorney general firing story is only one of many fine investigative pieces that Talking Points Memo has generated. They have my thanks.

[Elidor]

16. I

And his site is the one I hit most often each day.

[Gregorian]

19. Hard work and patience are appreciated.

America is better because of you. They say a rising tide lifts all of the boats. That's how I've felt about the TPM crew all of these years.

[pacalo]

20. K&R...

If anyone would know that TPM has been on top, it would be you, kpete. You're on top of finding & getting the news out to us & it's very much appreciated.

[On the Road]

22. Yup -- Josh Marshall is the new Woodward and Bernstein

and TPM Muckraker is the new face of investigative journalism. I am so glad he is getting enough of an audience to make this kind of impact.

[Boxerfan]

23. Bravo!! Or should I say-Bravisimo!!

I don't know if its correctly spelled but the sentiment is there...
Thaks for the reminder BTW ; )

[cascadiance]

24. Bravo Josh, you guys did a bang up job. Hope we at DU helped you back in January!

Right when you and the Union Tribune almost single handedly elevated this attorney issue into the national spotlight!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2685750

The world has a lot to thank you today for your diligence and not letting up on your pursuit of the truth, even if Gonzo would never give it to you or anyone else!

[ljm2002]

25. It's been a real pleasure...

...watching Josh grow TPM into a larger enterprise, while continuing to deliver hard hitting investigative reporting.

Kudos to Josh and staff, it sure is great to see Gonzales go, and you made it happen!

[proud patriot]

26. Standing O for the dude

:patriot: :applause:

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

27. TPM is one of my daily must-reads

Josh Marshall and associates are water in the desert.
All hail TPM.
:toast:

[Azathoth]

28. Major kudos to Josh and the rest of TPM n/t

[flyarm]

29. TPM , Josh and all the TPM staff are true American treasures!! thank you TPM!! eom

[killbotfactory]

30. Keep it up, Joshua

K&R

[myrna minx]

31. K&R.

Bravo TPM. :applause:

[catrose]

32. Thank you, Joshua! eom

[librechik]

33. thx, Josh! Now we know what happened to all the factcheckers the networks fired

they went to work at blogs!

THANK GOD!!!


BWAAHHAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[NoFederales]

34. K&R

NoFederales

[Jacobin]

35. He is this generation's Carl Bernstein

His site is professional and his journalism is thorough and careful and he is fearless.

[alfredo]

36. Investigative journalism lives

[redqueen]

37. LOVE the TPM Muckraker.

Definitely must-read stuff.

[NastyDiaper]

38. Original TPM Muckraker hire-a-reporter sponsor.

Toots own horn. I support DU, Bradblog, and TPM.

The work Bradblog and TPM and others do is so important.

Even though the medium itself is free, good reporting is not.

[Supersedeas]

39. Salute to Mr. Marshall and the staff at TPM

[dancingme]

40. absolutely the best investigative journalism today

they check tips and leads and tell the readers when they are not sure about something.

[LSK]

41. K&R

:thumbsup:

[SusanaMontana41]

42. Josh is one of the first sites I visit every day

DU and HuffPo are two others.

Josh and his merry muckrakers just might save this country. Props to all!

[Major Hogwash]

43. Especially since the MSM was going to ignore it!!

Josh practically brought Gonzales down all by himself!!

The weak-kneed Democrats in the Senate should learn to have balls from Josh.

[Jack Rabbit]

44. This may have been the first instance of the MSM being led to a news story by the blogosphere

But during the last few years, the blogosphere has gained credibility while the MSM has lost its.

[Jacobin]

46. Josh also broke the Duke Cunningham bribery scandal

His staff is also working on others

[KoKo]

51. Josh and Linda Rozen did groundbreaking work on Niger Forgery Source...CBS Rathered the

Report that Ed Bradley already had filmed.... When the Swift Boaters Swifted Rather...Josh's story got deep sixed. It was only shown on Salon Magazine's web site..

[DeSwiss]

45. Damn straight!!! K&R!!!!

TPM!!!!! - Josh Marshall!!!

:bounce: :toast: :party: :smoke: :hi: :thumbsup: :bounce: :toast: :party: :smoke: :hi: :thumbsup: :bounce: :toast: :party: :smoke: :hi: :thumbsup:

[Ian_rd]

47. So we can credit "freakin' " Marshall with dragging Gonzo in his own mud and making Bush cry?

I have a new hero in life. How can I, too, make W cry?

:cry:

[bunkerbuster1]

48. We (HEART) Josh!

TPM totally rocks, and I hope I never take its fine work for granted.

[roguevalley]

49. guerilla journalism, like the underground during the war, will save us all.

[Joe Chi Minh]

50. K & R

[DeepModem Mom]

52. YESSIR!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

53. This what you call 'people power' against tyranny

thank God for the internet!

[nam78_two]

54. Oh yeah-K&R.nt