this week oct watchers we lost we here at r t and r t america lost our colleague and friend ed schultz ad was the consummate journalist a newsman he he fought for and reported the news for the working men and women both here in the united states and around the world it was an honor to work with that he was always quick to offer advice on the many challenges one faces in this business and he never betrayed his integrity and moral character in the course of working at a job he truly loved with all of his heart and soul we truly have lost a great great journalist this week and had the heart of a true midwesterner stoic and rational but full of love for those less fortunate he cared about those people who are easily forgotten the workers the underdogs he fought for the middle and spoke up when things were wrong without a care in the world of how he was perceived he showed us all the strength it takes to be an ethical journalist at pushed us always to be better than the best in the business he was a true patriot a soldier for the working class and fairly example of what it means to truly gi