The Huffington Post has hired ousted liberal Washington Post blogger Dan Froomkin as an Assistant Editor.
Glen Greenwalt reports:
Froomkin will oversee a staff of four five 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.
It appears that The Huffington team was quick to capitalize on the tidal wave of sympathy generated by liberal blogs after he was fired from his position at the Washington Post.
His ‘White House Watch’ blog was famous for his sharp attacks against the Bush administration and often blamed popular media figures for failing to apply journalistic standards to the Bush years.
Outraged bloggers criticized the Post for canceling Froomkin’s blog and suggested that the Post was afraid of his liberal views and willingness to criticize his colleagues.
