According to Marc Ambinder of theatlantic.com, former ABC News Capitol Hill correspondent Linda Douglass, also a former correspondent for CBS and NBC News, will be leaving her position at National Journal to join the Barack Obama presidential campaign as a senior strategist. Ambinder quotes Douglass: "I see this as a moment of transformational change in the country and I have spent my lifetime sitting on the sidelines watching people attempt to make change. I just decided that I can't sit on the sidelines anymore."
Ambinder's article, which can be seen here, further describes Douglass as having grown "disillusioned with the partisanship she saw first hand" during her journalistic career.
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How I see it
May 21, 2008 - 14:47 ET by nkviking75Douglass: "I see this as a moment of transformational change in the country and I have spent my lifetime sitting on the sidelines watching people attempt to make change. I just decided that I can't sit on the sidelines anymore."
I see this as an unintentional admission that you were too partisan to report fairly on politics and government.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
This is ...
May 21, 2008 - 15:35 ET by MeanderingExactly what I thought.
Transformational Change?
May 21, 2008 - 18:24 ET by allanfDoes Linda mean that she thinks socialism finally come calling in the United States?
At least she came forward.
May 21, 2008 - 14:59 ET by marpelAt least she came forward. Look at all the MSMs out there who think they are hiding their biased agendas from the public.
"Former ABC, CBS, NBC
May 21, 2008 - 15:22 ET by Chris Norman"Former ABC, CBS, NBC Reporter Douglass Joins Obama Campaign"
This is news? Heck, it looks like every news reporter has joined the Obama campaign...
No Change At All
May 21, 2008 - 15:37 ET by MCPO AirdaleIs anyone who reads this blog surprised? The entire network media is in the bag for Obama, this woman merely provides an opportunity to coordinate the message with her former colleages. So, basically, we'll see no change at all in the networks coverage.
The Only Difference . . .
May 21, 2008 - 16:52 ET by Gat New York. . . is who is writing her paycheck.
- - - or maybe not.
another non-story. almost
May 21, 2008 - 17:53 ET by crsheddanother non-story.
almost every press secretary since the position was created in 1929 has been a reporter of some type (radio, tv, newspaper).
if mcain were to win and picked someone from fox news, would that mean that fox is in the tank for the gop?-----ooops! bad example.
Remind me
May 21, 2008 - 18:39 ET by MCPO AirdaleWant to remind me again how many in the media self-identified as conservatives vis-a-vis liberals?
Tony Snow wasn't a hard news
May 22, 2008 - 10:51 ET by Chris NormanTony Snow wasn't a hard news reporter. He was a commentator who hosted one weekly show on Fox. It was no secret that he was conservative radio host.