Dr. Cheryl Pappas: Arianna Huffington: The Cookie Who Cares
A great number of people are flying their flags at half mast in the wake of the AOL-HuffPo merger/acquisition.
Word is that the phenomenon that Arianna Huffington and partner Kenny Lerer created in 2005 of a web newspaper featuring progressive, fair, and liberal journalism — a place for legitimate investigation of issues and commentary — has been killed, even massacred, by this 315 million-dollar deal.
Not only do thousands of comments on HuffPo and AOL reflect much mournful, angry despair in response to the deal. Many other news sites offer interpretation and analysis with nary a whole-hearted positive outlook in sight. (With the notable exceptions of Arianna, Kenny Lerer, Eric Hippeau, and Howard Fineman, senior political editor of HuffPost, as well as a smattering of people I will call “optimistic wait-and-seers”).
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