John Harwood announced that today is his first day at CNN as White House Correspondent …
some personal news: this is my first day at @CNN as White House Correspondent. honored and proud to join a team of journalists I’ve admired for so long
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 21, 2020
Alrighty then.
You know that feeling when you’re not sure if something is hilarious or pathetic so you just laugh because either way, this comes across as a joke? Yup, that’s happening for this editor, right this minute. We suppose there is no better match for someone of Harwood’s reputation.
Heh.
You’ll fit right in. https://t.co/arPPotbjn7
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) January 21, 2020
He really will.
And ouch.
Mollie Hemingway said it perhaps best:
As has been documented for years, this man is too dim and way too hackishly partisan to be offering even his poorly-developed opinions at a legit outlet. To be a WH correspondent is flat out laughable. This would be shameful, if CNN were intending to be treated as respectable. https://t.co/HVUSBOdzMq
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) January 21, 2020
It would be shameful IF CNN were a respectable outlet.
We know they’re not so that’s ok.
Mollie? CNN is a "legit outlet"?
— Steven O'Reilly (@S_OReilly_USA) January 21, 2020
Of course not. Not for years now. And they should not be treated as such. The Russia hoax they perpetrated — and continue to perpetrated, we should note — on the world eviscerated their credibility, even if they weren't cartoonishly partisan.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) January 21, 2020
They eviscerated their own credibility.
Bingo.
He's in good company with @Acosta.
— Silence and Frost (@secjr112) January 21, 2020
He’ll do great at CNN.
They have a history of helping candidates out …
CNN's latest hire (from the WikiLeaks emails which also showed CNN people leaking debate questions to Hillary) pic.twitter.com/YUD4koQzzV
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) January 21, 2020
Harwood may get his checks from CNBC or now CNN but he has been working for the DNC for years.
— Bruce Lawrence (@bblawrence8) January 21, 2020
What he said.
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