Michael Isikoff Leaves Newsweek for NBC News

[RamboLiberal]

NEW YORK - June 7, 2010 - Michael Isikoff is joining NBC News as National Investigative Correspondent. The announcement was made today by NBC News President Steve Capus. Isikoff will report for all platforms of NBC News, including NBC Nightly News, Today and MSNBC. Isikoff will also contribute to msnbc.com in a branded destination for the web site.

Since January 2009, Isikoff has been an MSNBC contributor, making regular appearances on the Rachel Maddow Show and Hardball with Chris Matthews.

"Michael is one of the most respected and distinguished investigative journalists in the business," said Steve Capus, President of NBC News. "I am extremely proud of our investigative team and having Michael join the ranks of Lisa Myers, Chris Hansen and Pete Williams makes our investigative unit the strongest in the industry."

Isikoff joined Newsweek as an Investigative Correspondent in June 1994. He has written extensively on the U.S. government's war on terrorism, the Abu Ghraib scandal, campaign-finance and congressional ethics abuses, presidential politics and other national issues. Isikoff's blog DeClassified - Investigative Reporting in Real Time, written with Mark Hosenball and published on Newsweek.com, has become a must-read for senior U.S. officials. Isikoff and Hosenball's previous web column, Terror Watch, also written for Newsweek.com, won the 2005 Society of Professional Journalists award for best investigative reporting online.

He is the author of two New York Times best-selling books - "Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War," co-written with David Corn and "Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter's Story," which chronicled his own reporting of the Lewinsky story.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/nbc/michael_isikoff_leaves_newsweek_for_nbc_news_163842.asp

[otohara]

1. Since Newsweek Is For Sale

I'd say this is a good move.

[bluestateguy]

2. Establishmentarian

nt

[tularetom]

3. Gee they sure have a distinguished lineup of reporters

Chris Hansen of "To Catch A Pedophile" fame.

From his appearances on the Maddow show, I found Mr Isikoff's investigative skills, somewhat underwhelming.

[asjr]

4. Isikoff's demeanor has always

seemed to me to be desperately wanting to say something but keeps holding back. He gives the impression he knows something and we want him to "spill the beans."

[tularetom]

7. That's him!

He's great at giving the illusion that he's sitting on something really juicy. Yet nothing really comes of any of it.

[Captain Hilts]

5. He's a tool. nt

[Politics_Guy27]

6. Not surprised

Mike is on MSNBC daytime even all the time. This was predictable.