Richard Wolffe

[rusty charly]

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/08/richard_wolffes_two_hats_msnbc_guest_host_and_corp.php#more

[SharonRB]

1. I agree with most of the commenters

I've never heard Richard sound like a corporate shill. He does an excellent, unbiased job.

[rusty charly]

2. I like him

and love his wry, British tone. SO THERE!

[Berry Cool]

3. I think Keith's doing the right thing by keeping him off the show until they check him out, though.

Their integrity is being impugned by this. They need to look at it.

[rusty charly]

4. Update:

"MSNBC will begin identifying commentator Richard Wolffe as a strategist for a top Washington public affairs firm Public Strategies Inc. after a spate of criticism alleging a conflict between his consulting and television roles.

“We should have disclosed Richard's connection to Public Strategies,” NBC News spokesman Jeremy Gaines told POLITICO. “We will do so in the future.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/25760.html

[Berry Cool]

5. That's the smart thing to do. Disclose his connections.

Of course, if I had my way they'd also identify Andrea Mitchell as Mrs. Alan Greenspan, but hey.

[glinda]

6. My guess is this stuff happens all the time. I wonder if he is being singled out.

[rusty charly]

7. Or that the husband of CNN's Campbell Brown is

Dan Senor:

http://www.americablog.com/2007/11/republican-operatives-wife-attacks.html