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Politico reporter who covered Palin quits for Democratic Party job [Andy Barr]
Daily Caller ^ | July 20, 2011 | Alex Pappas

Posted on 07/20/2011 5:34:01 PM PDT by Al B.

A Politico reporter who often penned stories about Sarah Palin and other Republicans has quit journalism to work with the Democratic Party in Arizona, sources tell The Daily Caller.

That reporter, Andy Barr, has covered national politics for the publication since 2008. Barr leaving to help elect Democrats will likely fan the flames of critics who say Politico has a liberal bias.

It’s not exactly clear what his new job duties are. Barr wouldn’t say, but told FishbowlDC, which first reported that Barr was leaving, that he left Politico on “very good terms.” That report said Barr, who is from Phoenix, is taking a “political job,” but didn’t say where he is going.

Barr is not the first Politico reporter to leave for a Democratic gig. Congressional reporter Jonathan Allen left Politico in 2009 to work as an aide to Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, a Florida Democrat, but he returned to Politico in 2010.

Politico’s editor-in-chief, John Harris, responded to questions about Barr’s departure, writing in an email that the website’s management does not “worry about someone’s personal ideology so long as it is understood that their responsibilities at POLITICO mean leaving personal views at the door.”

“Andy did that, and had a very good reputation for professionalism with colleagues, sources, and readers,” he told TheDC.

“One of our first and most successful hires is someone who in a previous phase of his career worked as an aide for Republicans,” he said, “and we do have some folks who have written for more ideological platforms on right and left.”

But have any left Politico to work for a Republican? “I don’t know of any, but haven’t made any effort to keep track of where folks land,” Harris said.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andybarr; dncarizona; palin; politico; turd
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1 posted on 07/20/2011 5:34:05 PM PDT by Al B.
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner; onyx

Ping


2 posted on 07/20/2011 5:34:53 PM PDT by Al B.
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To: Al B.

Hello People Hello


3 posted on 07/20/2011 5:35:47 PM PDT by GoCards (RUN SARAH RUN)
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To: Al B.

“Quit journalism to work with the Democratic Party”

Non sequitur?


4 posted on 07/20/2011 5:37:18 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (I'll have what the gentleman on the floor is drinking.)
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To: Al B.

It’s now just official, Barr has been working for the Democrat Party for a long time.


5 posted on 07/20/2011 5:40:30 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Al B.

As DemoRats continues to buy their media army with monies from sources we can only imagine. This move shows their fear of Palin. Those they fear most, will be attacked the most.

They have nothing else to “offer” this country.


6 posted on 07/20/2011 5:41:04 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Al B.

Just making it official.


7 posted on 07/20/2011 5:42:27 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (JMO but I reserve the right to be wrong...)
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To: Al B.

>A Politico reporter who often penned stories about Sarah Palin and other Republicans has quit journalism<

Politico and journalism is like Ike and Tina Turner.


8 posted on 07/20/2011 5:44:42 PM PDT by max americana (FUBO NATION 2012 FK BARAK)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
"A Politico reporter who often penned stories about Sarah Palin and other Republicans has quit journalism to work with the Democratic Party"

Say it isn't so!

9 posted on 07/20/2011 5:46:15 PM PDT by Baynative (Are you a Free Republic monthly donor yet? If so, thanks. If not, why?)
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To: Al B.

Partisan reporter has come out of the closet. He must be relieved and gay.


10 posted on 07/20/2011 5:56:40 PM PDT by citizencon
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To: Al B.

This is news? There’s a revolving door, on one side is the Democratic Party, on the other is the MSM.


11 posted on 07/20/2011 6:18:41 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: Al B.

Same company, different phone number.


12 posted on 07/20/2011 6:35:16 PM PDT by RedCell (Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi / "...it is their duty, to throw off such government...")
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To: Al B.
Is Tony Snow the only journalist who went to work for a Republican?

Chris Matthews worked for Tip O'Neill and then went into journalism.

George Stephanopolous worked for Bill Clinton and then went into journalism.

Pierre Salinger worked for John Kennedy and then went into journalism.

There seems to be a revolving door between journalists and Democrats.

-PJ

13 posted on 07/20/2011 6:39:30 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)
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To: Al B.

It is certainly strange they never leave these liberal havens of 'news' to work for a Republican. /s

14 posted on 07/20/2011 6:40:01 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: kcvl

Based upon that picture, the smart money says his family tree is a stick!


15 posted on 07/20/2011 6:43:34 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Al B.

Do you think it is a coincidence that he will be part of the D Machine in ARIZONA?
It surely will put him closer to Palin’s new digs.


16 posted on 07/20/2011 6:48:30 PM PDT by GlockLady (Right is right even if nobody else is doing it. Wrong is wrong even if everyone else is doing it.)
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To: kcvl

He resembles that Jared Loughner [sp] mug shot doesn’t he?


17 posted on 07/20/2011 6:50:21 PM PDT by GlockLady (Right is right even if nobody else is doing it. Wrong is wrong even if everyone else is doing it.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Andy Barr: Politico.com’s Professional Anti-Palin Hack

February 10, 2011

Sarah Palin Praises Column Linking Obama, Hitler

Nice headline. The rest of the article actually talks about the Sowell article more than it does about Palin. Barr also highlights some comments from, you guessed it, Leftists denouncing her tweet. A tweet! And she didn’t “praise” anything. Here’s what she said (there were actually two tweets):

http://www.therightsphere.com/2011/02/andy-barr-politico-coms-professional-anti-palin-hack/


18 posted on 07/20/2011 6:56:07 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: GlockLady

Barr is from Phoenix so it could be a coincidence, I guess. Does seem fishy, though.


19 posted on 07/20/2011 7:03:51 PM PDT by Al B.
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To: Al B.

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20 posted on 07/20/2011 7:04:42 PM PDT by kcvl
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