Glenn Greenwald. The civil rights attorney turned prolific blogger represents what honesty, integrity, and intelligence in news media should be. His blog on Salon is quite simply the best source of opinion news out there bar none. I get my news from Democracy Now, but my opinions from this guy.
Speaking of brilliant newsmen....
Jon "Chicken Fucker" Stewart. If you don't know why, there's nothing I can do to communicate it to you.