But this is what irks me. Why should they be 'real' journalists?? And what does that mean anyway? To spout bs and lies on Fox News every night with a polite smile? They have a freaking WEBCAST!! They aren't CNN. And the fact that they have interviewed many of the major players shows that they are on the right track and putting out a quality product. You don't like? Then don't watch. But stop with the haterade. I hate Monty Python flims, have never laughed once, and want to implode when I have to sit through one. You know what I don't do? Go on the internet and complain and deride Monty Python and his fans. Just go away. Dave is one of the nicest men you could ever know. He doesn't float your boat? Then move on, but don't attack him. It really is that simple. And as for the comments he made about Miki, Rippon, Jason et al, it's called A SENSE OF HUMOR. You don't share that same sense of humor, like I don't with Monty Python. But stop your Nastie Nellie posts. You bring out the ugly in others when we don't want to go there. Thanks.
It's not haterade to provide constructive criticism. Why is it okay for Dave and Jenny to make remarks about skaters, some that are borderline cruel and mean spirited, because "it's their opinion," but it's mean and nasty for people to state their opinion on the podcast?
For the records, the comments RE: Miki, Jason et al, isn't what I'm criticizing. I'm criticizing the fact that they make baseless claims about skaters or the fact they're trying to play moral high-horse with hard-working people. Don't like Meryl and Charlie's response to the law in Russia? Fine. But you don't need to mock them to make your point.
As for whether they want to be real journalists or not, that's up to them. But then they shouldn't start whining when they can't get press passes.
Guess what there are a lot of great new media outlets that can't get media credentials. The SCOTUS Blog (http://www.scotusblog.com/) has become the top go-to resource regarding the Supreme Court, yet they can't get any press credentials from the Surpeme Court (http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnolog...id=1202622720261&No_Press_Pass_for_SCOTUSblog). But you don't see them whining about it-- in fact they build partnerships with other media outlets to get the information they need and then defy the Supreme Court by doing dome awesome reporting and analysis.