Eric Boehlert has died in a bicycle accident

[Grasswire2]

Soledad O'Brien wrote;

On Wednesday, April 6, journalist Soledad O'Brien announced the death of Eric Boehlert - he was 57.

On Twitter, the reporter wrote: "oh my goodness: Just got crushing news from Tracy Breslin, wife of @EricBoehlert https://pressrun.media."

"[Eric] Has died in a bike accident, age 57. Adored his kids Jane and Ben, his dogs, biking and running and basketball and good friends, a fierce and fearless defender of the truth."

Soledad added to her tribute: "Eric was an amazing friend. He fought to rescue journalism and democracy, which need saving."



"Worked at Rolling Stone, Billboard, founded Media Matters and Salon, Pressrun on Substack. Brutal to bad media on twitter, sweetest guy in real life."

"A terrible loss. We’ve lost an awesome human being, handsome/cool/witty dude who kicked ass on our behalf."

"Crazy devotion to facts, context and good reporting. Enemy of BS, fake news."

She also stated: "'We can’t mend this American mess if we don’t fix the press.' Deep condolences to his family."

"We all hurt inside for Tracy, Ben, Jane, and anyone who loves democracy and journalism."

[XanaDUer2]

1. This is terrible nt

[LenaBaby61]

2. One of the few I loved, respected and admired. Watched him on Stephanie Miller's show always.

This is gonna hurt ....

RIP Eric

[PunkinPi]

3. OMG, what horrible news.

RIP Eric

[SharonClark]

5. One of the good ones working for truth and justice.

He’ll be missed.

[themaguffin]

7. Always insightful.

[themaguffin]

6. This is tragic. What a loss.

[Demsrule86]

8. That is so sad.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

9. Horrible news. Tragic loss.

Journalists need to take up the mantle and do much more to expose lies now that we've lost him.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

10. "Struck by a train while cycling"...damn

[dalton99a]

11. Kick

Link to tweet

[virgdem]

12. A devastating loss of an excellent journalist and truth teller.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. from Media Matters

Link to tweet

[Jim__]

14. Sorry to hear this. Terrible news.

[BlackSkimmer]

15. I figured it was some asshole in a car who killed him.

But a train???

Terrible loss.

[woodsprite]

16. Was wondering if he had headphones in and didn't hear it. nt :(

[BlackSkimmer]

17. I never wear my earbuds or headphones on my bike. I hope that's not the case.

I don’t ride it at night either. Weird no train crossing arms?

That’s a damn shame.

[bullwinkle428]

19. In rural areas, it's not uncommon to see no arms at train crossings -

only lights. I ride through areas like this, and make sure I'm paying serious attention when approaching.

Hard to imaging there are lots of these in New Jersey, though, given the population density. I'm gutted by this tragedy, and it hits home in an extra hard way as a cyclist.

[BlackSkimmer]

24. I always see arms at crossings, and I live in a rural area.

This happened after dark I think, he’d have to have been able to see the lights, you’d assume.

Yes, I’m a cyclist too, so I’d like to know what happened.

[Sympthsical]

23. Same

I sometimes jog or bike predawn when it's still dark, and I never ever ever have my earbuds in. The lack of hearing combined with the music or talking just kills situational awareness. Even just walking to the store, daylight or nighttime, I won't put earbuds in. I have no idea who is coming up behind me - either a cyclist or someone with ill intentions.

There have even been times, in broad daylight, where I've been so absorbed in whatever's going on in my ears that I've stepped out into a crosswalk not realizing a car is right there making a right turn.

So, that was my first thought with this story. Two possibilities. Ear buds and lack of awareness or he tried to beat the train. Trying to beat a train is a terrible idea in a car, but doubly so on a bike. If your tire hits a rail just right, you're done.

Still sad.

[Kid Berwyn]

18. Oh no!

Eric was TOPS!

Example:

Why is the press rooting against Biden?

Burying great news

Eric Boehlert
Press Run, April 4, 2022

Like clockwork, the first Friday of the month brought another blockbuster jobs report. The U.S. economy under President Joe Biden added another 400,000-plus new jobs in March, it was announced last week.

Biden is currently on pace, during his first two full years in office, to oversee the creation of 10 million new jobs and an unemployment rate tumbling all the way down to 3 percent. That would be an unprecedented accomplishment in U.S. history. Context: In four years in office, Trump lost three million jobs, the worst record since Herbert Hoover.

Yet the press shrugs off the good news, determined to keep Biden pinned down. “The reality is that one strong jobs report does not snap the administration out of its current circumstances,” Politico stressed Friday afternoon. How about 11 straight strong job reports, would that do the trick? Because the U.S. economy under Biden has been adding more than 400,000 jobs per month for 11 straight months.

The glaring disconnect between reality and how the press depicts White House accomplishments means a key question lingers: Why is the press rooting against Biden? Is the press either hoping for a Trump return to the White House, or at least committed to keeping Biden down so the 2024 rematch will be close and ‘entertaining’ for the press to cover? Is that why the Ginni Thomas insurrection story was politely marched off the stage after just a few days of coverage last week by the same news outlets that are now in year three of their dogged Hunter Biden reporting? (“ABC This Week” included 19 references to Hunter Biden yesterday.)

Just look at the relentlessly dour economic coverage. For the press, inflation remains the dominant, bad-news-for-Dems economic story. Even on Friday, the day the stellar jobs report was released, “inflation” was mentioned on cable news nearly as often as “jobs,” according to TVeyes.com.

Axios contorted itself by claiming Biden’s promise to add “millions” of new jobs (which he’s already accomplished), was being threatened because there aren’t enough workers, because so few people are out of work— or something.

Continues…

https://pressrun.media/p/is-the-press-rooting-against-biden?s=r

An accident, of course.

[dlk]

20. This is a devastating loss of in so many ways

Condolences to his family.

[W_HAMILTON]

21. One of the best at calling out rightwing/media bias that I've seen.

He will be sorely missed.

[Hortensis]

22. WaPo chose this video from Boehlert to demonstrate who we lost.