Dan Froomkin hired by The Huffington Post

[kpete]

Source: Salon

Tuesday July 7, 2009 07:08 EDT
Dan Froomkin hired by The Huffington Post

In yet another sign of how online media outlets are strengthening as their older establishment predecessors are struggling to survive, The Huffington Post has hired Dan Froomkin to be its Washington Bureau Chief and regular columnist/blogger. Froomkin will oversee a staff of four reporters and an Assistant Editor, guide The Huffington Post's Washington reporting, and write at least two posts per week to be featured on its main page and Politics page. I learned last night of the hiring and spoke to both Arianna Huffington and Froomkin this morning.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/07/07/froomkin/index.html

[Bleacher Creature]

1. Great news for both of them. The only real loser is W. Post.

I figured he would land at either HuffPost or TPM, so this comes as no surprise.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Sounds like a good deal. I like his stuff.

[asjr]

3. The Wash Post chieftans do not like

truth-tellers.

[gratuitous]

4. Fortunately, the Post doesn't deign to notice mere blogs

So they'll never know what they're missing.

[Captain Hilts]

5. Not good enough. Huff Post has turned into a rag. nt

[No Elephants]

9. When a Democrat won the Presidency, Ariana indicated Huffpo was going to be more critical of Dems.

MSNBC does the opposite. When Dummya was riding high in the polls, they had Imus, Scarborough, Matthews (talking about how he voted for Bush twice, not how Obama makes his leg tingle), Carlson (Tucker), Miller (Dennis the Bitter and Insane). As Dummya started to slip, they lost Miller and added Olberman and everyone started to moderate the Bush worship. Then they got more and more critical of Bush.

[Captain Hilts]

10. Huff Post went to shit in 2007. nt

[glitch]

6. Huffington scores! :) nt

[hlthe2b]

7. YEAH~!

Good move, Arianna~

[KoKo]

8. Great News! I was hoping Huff Post would hire him. And pay him,

:applause:

[MadMaddie]

11. I love it! Real journalism is having a real re-birth!

[mullard12ax7]

12. Great news

A real reporter gets a job with a real news outlet. I wonder why it's ticking off people? LOL.