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Why were “mainstream” outlets virtually unanimous in burying last week’s blockbuster report of 400,000 new jobs in March?

Montclairs First Congregational Church was packed on Tuesday for the funeral of Eric Boehlert, who was killed by a train while riding his bike.

I believe I spoke with Eric Boehlert, the penetrating observer and gadfly of American journalism who died last week in a tragic bicycle accident, only once, in 1996. As a young media critic for Salon, Boehlert phoned to interview me about my book Fools for Scandal: How the Media Invented Whitewater.

Montclairs First Congregational Church was packed on Tuesday for the funeral of Eric Boehlert, who was killed by a train while riding his bike.

Eric Boehlert, 57, was a well-known media critic who founded Press Run, along with other work. He was killed by an NJ Transit train last week.

>> thank you, sir. all right. well, this is going to be hard. before we go to break, we do want to mark the passing of one of our favorite guests. you may have heard this week that media critic eric bowler was a passionate voice against right-wing extremism and hypocrisy in the media. through media matters, salon, and his newspaper "press run," he challenged those trying to poison our public discourse. eric died this week after being hit by a train while cycling. we want to send our deepest co...

Class, to the black working class, to a host of others, is a real working class with a plan. ive been talking about the guarantee creating over 6,000 jobs in the clean energy sector. its been resonating with people of all backgrounds all over the state of ohio. >> amanda, i want to bring you back in. i completely get what the goal of speaking to some of these folks -- i think the challenge i have when we saw donald trump run, right, there were all -- a lot of people went out and voted for him to...

Left-wing writer Eric Boehlert who was known for his contributions to Salon, Daily Kos, and was a long-time fixture at Media Matters passed away this week. On Monday, he was

Eric Boehlert, 57, was a well-known media critic who founded Press Run, along with other work. He was killed by an NJ Transit train Monday.

Boehlert was a veteran writer and media analyst, a founding editor of Salon magazine and a frequent television guest on politics and the press.