Collusion

Here is part of an article by Trevor Loudon entitled, “Socialist ‘JournoListas’.” It is a very imprtant aspect of the JournoList (JourNOlist) story. For all the links out and emphasis on persons and writing, please read Trevor’s post… it is very important!

JournoList was not just a bunch of “liberal’ journos with too much time on their hands.

It was a network of high level opinion makers, united by a “progressive” vision for America. They believed that their superior judgment and insight obligated them to present Americans with a view of reality that they would be too stupid and reactionary to grasp unaided.

At least a few, perhaps many, were committed Marxists who saw journalism, not as a profession, but as a revolutionary tool.

This disgraceful episode should dispel forever the “progressive” lie that the American MainStreamMedia and its “liberal” core, can be trusted to uphold the objective standards of their profession.

Marc Ambinder – The Atlantic
Greg Anrig – The Century Foundation
Ryan Avent – Economist
Dean Baker – The American Prospect. in 2009 Dean Baker was a Contributing Editor for In These Times.
Nick Baumann – Mother Jones
Josh Bearman – LA Weekly
Steven Benen – The Carpetbagger Report
Jared Bernstein – Economic Policy Institute
Michael Berube – Crooked Timber (blog), Pennsylvania State University. In April 2003, Michael Berube signed a “Statement on Cuba,” initiated and circulated by prominent Democratic Socialists of America member Leo Casey, calling for the lifting of trade sanctions against Cuba.
Lindsay Beyerstein – Focal Point (blog) (formerly Majikthise). In 2009 Lindsay Beyerstein was listed as a member of the Drum Major Institute Netroots Advisory Council.
Joel Bleifuss – In These Times editor, long-time Democratic Socialists of America affiliate. In October 2008, Joel Bleifuss was one of several thousand college professors, students and academic staff to sign a statement to “Support Bill Ayers,” in solidarity with former Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers.
John Blevins – South Texas College of Law
Sam Boyd – The American Prospect
Rich Byrne – Playwright and Freelancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates – The Atlantic
Jonathan Chait – The New Republic
Lakshmi Chaudry – In These Times
Isaac Chotiner – The New Republic
Michael Cohen – New America Foundation
Jonathan Cohn – The American Prospect, The New Republic. In 2009, Jonathan Cohn was a Senior Fellow of New York-based think tank Demos, which is an Institute for Policy Studies partner organization.
Joe Conason – The New York Observer
David Corn – Mother Jones
Daniel Davies – The Guardian
David Dayen – FireDogLake
Brad DeLong – The Economists’ Voice, University of California at Berkley
Ryan Donmoyer – Bloomberg
Kevin Drum – Washington Monthly
Matt Duss – Center for American Progress
Eve Fairbanks – The New Republic
Henry Farrell – George Washington University
Tim Fernholz – The American Prospect, New America Foundation
James Galbraith – University of Texas at Austin, Campaign for America’s Future
Todd Gitlin – Professor of Journalism, Columbia University, former leader of Students for a Democratic Society, Campaign for America’s Future founder, Democratic Socialists of America member, In April 2003, Todd Gitlin signed a “Statement on Cuba,” initiated and circulated by prominent Democratic Socialists of America member Leo Casey, calling for the lifting of trade sanctions against Cuba. Progressives for Obama endorser.
Ilan Goldenberg – National Security Network
Dana Goldstein – The Daily Beast
Merrill Goozner – Chicago Tribune, The American Prospect
David Greenberg – Slate
Robert Greenwald – Brave New Films, a production company that produced a documentary for Ronnie Earle during the case against Republican Party leader Tom DeLay.
Chris Hayes – The Nation
Don Hazen – Alternet
Michael Hirsh – Newsweek, Take Back America conference, 2008
John Judis – The New Republic, The American Prospect. A former leader of Democratic Socialists of America‘s preceding organization, the New American Movement, which was formed from the Students for a Democratic Society and the Communist Party USA. Judis is the former Editor of Socialist Revolution magazine and is an Institute for Policy Studies affiliate.
Michael Kazin – Georgetown University. A founder of Campaign for America’s Future, editor of the Democratic Socialists of America-controlled Dissent magazine and co-author of a history of the Communist Party USA with D.S.A. member Maurice Isserman. In April 2003, Michael Kazin signed a “Statement on Cuba,” initiated and circulated by prominent Democratic Socialists of America member Leo Casey, calling for the lifting of trade sanctions against Cuba. A veteran of the 1969 Venceremos Brigade to Cuba.
Ed Kilgore – Democratic Party Strategist
Richard Kim – The Nation
Mark Kleiman – The Reality Based Community. In 2005 Mark Kleiman served as an affiliated scholar of Center for American Progress.
Ezra Klein – Washington Post, Newsweek, The American Prospect, 2010 Business Section columnist, Washington Post, formed JournoList, February, 2007
Joe Klein – TIME Columnist
Paul Krugman – The New York Times, Princeton University, economics, world affairs and Pulitzer Prize winner (Neo-Marxist).
Lisa Lerer – POLITICO
Daniel Levy – Century Foundation
Alec McGillis – Washington Post
Scott McLemee – Inside Higher Ed, Democratic Socialists of America affiliate.
Ari Melber – The Nation
Seth Michaels – MyDD.com
Luke Mitchell – Harper’s Magazine
Gautham Nagesh – The Hill, Daily Caller
Suzanne Nossel – Human Rights Watch. In 2005 Suzanne Nossel served as an affiliated scholar of Center for American Progress.
Michael O’Hare – University of California, Berkeley
Rick Perlstein – Author, Campaign for America’s Future. Democratic Socialists of America affiliate.
Harold Pollack – University of Chicago
Foster Kamer – The Village Voice
Katha Pollitt – The Nation, a member of Democratic Socialists of America and a supporter of Feminists for Peace and Barack Obama. In April 2003, Katha Pollitt signed a “Statement on Cuba,” initiated and circulated by prominent Democratic Socialists of America member Leo Casey, calling for the lifting of trade sanctions against Cuba.
Ari Rabin-Havt – Media Matters
David Roberts – Grist
Alyssa Rosenberg – Washingtonian, The Atlantic
Alex Rossmiller – National Security Network
Laura Rozen – Politico, Mother Jones. In 2009 Laura Rozen was listed as a Senior Correspondent of The American Prospect.
Greg Sargent – Washington Post
Thomas Schaller – Baltimore Sun
Noam Scheiber – The New Republic
Michael Scherer – TIME
Mark Schmitt – The American Prospect. New America Foundation, former Director of Policy and Research at the Open Society Institute.
Adam Serwer – The American Prospect
Thomas Schaller – Baltimore Sun (Columnist), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Professor), FiveThirtyEight.com (Contributing Writer)
Julie Bergman Sender – Balcony Films
Walter Shapiro – PoliticsDaily.com
Nate Silver – FiveThirtyEight.com
Jesse Singal – The Boston Globe, Washington Monthly
Ben Smith – Chief Writer/Columnist for the POLITICO
Sarah Spitz – NPR
Adele Stan – The Media Consortium
Kate Steadman – Kaiser Health News
Jonathan Stein – Mother Jones
Sam Stein – The Huffington Post
Jesse Taylor – Pandagon.net
Steven Teles – Yale University, New America Foundation Fellow
Mark Thoma – The Economist’s View (Blog), University of Oregon (Professor)
Michael Tomasky – The Guardian, Contributing Editor of The American Prospect
Jeffrey Toobin – CNN, The New Yorker, writer for The New Yorker Magazine – POLITICO
Rebecca Traister – Salon (Columnist)
Tracy Van Slyke – The Media Consortium, Take Back America conference, 2008, former Publisher In These Times
Dave Weigel – Washington Post, MSNBC, The Washington Independent
Moira Whelan – National Security Network
Scott Winship – Pew Economic Mobility Project
Kai Wright – The Root, The nation, The American Prospect, ColorLines, a radical publication of the Communist Party USA connected to Applied Research Center.
Holly Yeager – Columbia Journalism Review
Rich Yeselson – Change to Win Labor Federation
Matthew Yglesias – Center for American Progress, The American Prospect, The Atlantic Monthly, Blogger, POLITICO, Open Society Institute affiliation.
Jonathan Zasloff – UCLA
Julian Zelizer – Princeton Professor and CNN contributor.
Avi Zenilman – POLITICO

Here is part of an article by Trevor Loudon entitled, “Socialist ‘JournoListas’.” It is a very imprtant aspect of the JournoList (JourNOlist) story:

The now closed down JournoList, has caused considerable controversy in recent weeks. According to its opponents, JournoList teamed up some 400 prominent “progressive” journalists in an effort to smooth Barack Obama’s path to the White House.

There have been accusations that “Journolitstas,” deliberately sought to downplay Obama’s association with the Marxist Rev. Jeremiah Wright and tried to smear conservatives or opposing journalists as “racists.”

This post looks at 106 reported “Journolistas” to look for connections or common threads.

Of the known “Jounolistas” and organizations listed below, many can be linked back to two interrelated groups Democratic Socialists of America, the U.S.’s largest Marxist-based organization and the D.S.A.’s “brain,” the Washington DC-based, far left “think tank,” the Institute for Policy Studies.

Between them, D.S.A. and the I.P.S. dominate or influence several organizations affiliated to JournoList, including:

The American Prospect – Founded in 1990 by D.S.A. affiliate Robert Kuttner. Current editor-at-large, is leading D.S.A. member Harold Meyerson.
Mother Jones – Includes D.S.A. member Adam Hochschild on its Board of Directors, plus some D.S.A. affiliated staff and contributors. Hochschild was a supporter of Progressives for Obama.
Economic Policy Institute – Led by D.S.A. member Larry Mishel and I.P.S. affiliate Jeff Faux and several D.S.A. affiliated board members. This organization has contributed at least three officials to the Obama Administration, including Obama economic adviser and ‘Journolista’ Jared Bernstein.
Center for American Progress – Several staff and officials are affiliated with D.S.A. and the I.P.S. Writing of the Center’s relationship to the Obama Administration, former Weather Underground terrorist leader and Progressives for Obama supporter Mark Rudd said “There’s a whole govt. in waiting that Podesta has at the Center for American Progress. They’re mostly progressives, I’m told…”
The Nation – Edited by I.P.S. trustee Katrina vanden Heuvel, who presides over an editorial board which includes D.S.A. members Norman Birnbaum, Barbara Ehrenreich (also an I.P.S. trustee) and Deborah Meier, plus I.P.S. affiliates Tom Hayden and Roger Wilkins.
In These Times – Created by I.P.S. and run mainly by D.S.A. members and affiliates. Based in Chicago, I.T.T.’s board of editors includes former Weather Underground terrorists and Obama associates Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.
Progressives for Obama – Established by D.S.A. members Barbara Ehrenreich, Tim Carpenter and Bill Fletchers, Jr. Ehrenreich and Fletcher are also I.P.S. affiliates, as were two more of P.F.O.’s six founders: Tom Hayden and Danny Glover.
Campaign for America’s Future – Founded in 1996, by several dozen D.S.A. members and I.P.S. affiliates, C.A.F. is a major coordinator of the U.S. “progressive” movement. In recent years it has organized several major Take Back America and America’s Future Now! conferences in Washington DC – which are attended by the cream of the U.S. progressive movement, including Barack Obama himself.

Apart from the D.S.A./I.P.S. connections, leftist institutions like The New Republic and the New Century Foundation are well represented. There are two known connections to George Soros‘ Open Society Institute.

Many major newspapers are also represented, as is national public radio, CNN and a host of leading “progressive” blogs and websites and leftist media “watchdog” Media Matters.

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