Rachel Maddow, the Nation, Daily Kos: Winners in AlterNet's Poll of Most Influential Progressives

[Mira]

Here are the media personalities and publications that progressives love most.
April 22, 2011  |  
 
 

Rachel Maddow, host of the 9PM (EDT) evening news and opinion show on MSNBC, reigns supreme as the most influential progressive. Or, more accurately, the media personality progressives love most.  She pulled well ahead of Michael Moore, who just nipped Comedy Central's Jon Stewart for the second spot.  
(In the first AlterNet poll in December of 2009, Bill Moyers, now retired, was voted most influential, with Moore second and Maddow third.) Keith Olbermann, who recently left MSNBC, ranked fourth, and the veteran newscaster from Democracy Now! Amy Goodman came in fifth, according to more than 8,000 AlterNet readers and others across the web who voted in our poll.

In the online magazine category, the Nation came out ahead of Mother Jones, with The Huffington Post finishing a strong third, despite selling itself to
AOL for $315 million. TruthOut placed fourth, followed by Salon.com at fifth (as host of the poll, AlterNet was not available as a choice).
 
The blog category featured the closest race, with The Daily Kos just beating out Media Matters for the first spot.  FireDogLake finished third, followed by Crooks and Liars. Ezra Klein's Washington Post blog got number five.
 
the source, and the rest, and exact point counts of the polls are here:

http://www.alternet.org/story/150711/rachel_maddow%2C_the_nation%2C_daily_kos%3A_winners_in_alternet%27s_poll_of_most_influential_progressives?akid=6873.254620.1Cy1ni&rd=1&t=1

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. Don't let this list fool you - ALL of them read DU!

Everyone from Rush Limbaugh to Rachel to Keith to Beck. DU is a force whether these people giving awards want to recognize it or not!

Viva DU!