Jack Germond, R.I.P.

I have occasionally quoted one of my favorite political reporters, Jack Germond, about what he thought was wrong with the media today, and I believe he was talking about print as well as TV, but mostly TV. He said, "The problem is that we aren't paid to say 'I don't know' so we have to say something even when we don't know." He was the kind of reporter they don't make much anymore…the kind who was fierce about reporting the truth and unafraid to piss off the rich 'n' powerful. Here's a remembrance by his co-panelist on The McLaughlin Group, Eleanor Clift.