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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow far the big money "journalists" have fallen.
I was struck tonight as Howard Fineman, one of MSNBC's favorite pundit-guests, was introduced as part of a panel on O'Donnell's show.
Howard is now the "political editor of AOL and an MSNBC contributor."
Wow! This guy used to be a big cheese and Lord High Mucky-Muck at Newsweek. They let him go for no more a reason than his fat salary. Then he went to Huffington Post. And now he's at AOL (AOL? Who even knew they were still in business???)
His fall is pretty typical. A lot of other talking heads have followed the same sort of path.
I wonder how Howie pays his mortgage these days.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)have let the american people down. They aren't really giving us what is really going on in the world. It is very sad.
Stinky The Clown
(67,623 posts)I agree. They have hurt the political process. Fineman is one of the worst. Michael Issikoff is worse.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)a talk show. I hate the annual press association dinner where the press and politicans and now hollow wood joins in the gathering. It is so seedy. It is like inviting the wolf into the chicken coup.
marybourg
(12,531 posts)said nobody cares about abortion any more. To my mind, that was the beginning of his downward slide.
madinmaryland
(64,913 posts)He's a loss leader for Huffington Post. (Yeah, I worked in a grocery store) HuffPo is trying to "legitimize" their brand with so-called "legitimate" pundits.
Stinky The Clown
(67,623 posts)That's what caught my ear.
madinmaryland
(64,913 posts)is with now, he is a big fish in a small pond. Maybe even better pay.
Do AOL and HuffPo have a relationship?
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)TheWraith
(24,331 posts)CAPHAVOC
(1,138 posts)Reporters nowdays are just PR operatives for one or the other of the 2 political parties. Local news people are more honest. The media is more or less Super Super Pacs.
EC
(12,287 posts)He took the Huffington Post/AOL thing to settle down in one place, is how he explained his deciding to take the position.