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Journalist joins Obama camp

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor May 21, 2008 01:30 PM

For those who want to believe that the press is in the tank for Barack Obama -- an assertion leveled by Hillary Clinton and John McCain partisans and parodied on "Saturday Night Live" -- this bit of news will fit right into their world view:

Linda Douglass, an award-winning journalist who has been covering the campaign, is joining Obama's campaign as a senior strategist and spokesperson, Marc Ambinder is reporting on his blog on the The Atlantic magazine's website.

"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," she told Ambinder.

Douglass, who was a contributing editor for National Journal, has analyzed the race in TV forums including "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" on PBS.

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2 comments so far...

  1. But why leave the MSM to join the Obama campaign when you are already part of his campaign?

    Anyone who watches ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC or who reads the Wash Post or NYTimes knows that every broadcaster and reporter at these joints is in the tank for the Obama.

    Posted by Rich May 21, 08 01:56 PM

  1. The Clintons Own the Media Especilly CNN, I have not heard the
    Media go after her about whitewater,The lobbyist runnning her campaign.
    She is pimping her daughter and what about the Cinton Rev Wright Connection
    she and her husband was at his Church.

    Posted by Diane Keichinger May 22, 08 02:11 PM
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