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.
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“Quit journalism to work with the Democratic Party”
Non sequitur?
It’s now just official, Barr has been working for the Democrat Party for a long time.
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.
Just making it official.
>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.
Partisan reporter has come out of the closet. He must be relieved and gay.
This is news? There’s a revolving door, on one side is the Democratic Party, on the other is the MSM.
Same company, different phone number.
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
It is certainly strange they never leave these liberal havens of 'news' to work for a Republican. /s
Based upon that picture, the smart money says his family tree is a stick!
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.
He resembles that Jared Loughner [sp] mug shot doesn’t he?
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/
Barr is from Phoenix so it could be a coincidence, I guess. Does seem fishy, though.
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