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Howard Fineman, political correspondent with analytical eye, dies at 75
Source: Washington Post
Howard Fineman, a Newsweek political correspondent and television commentator for decades who brought behind-the-scenes insight to news cycles often dominated by horse-race campaign coverage, died June 11. He was 75.
He had pancreatic cancer, said his wife, Amy Nathan, who announced the death on social media.
Mr. Fineman spent 30 years at Newsweek beginning in 1980, serving as chief political correspondent and deputy Washington bureau chief during the era when the magazine, then owned by The Washington Post, was one of the most widely read newsweeklies in the United States.
He was also an analyst for NBC and MSNBC for years and became familiar to television viewers through his appearances on shows including Hardball With Chris Matthews, PBSs Washington Week in Review and CNNs Capital Gang Sunday.
He had pancreatic cancer, said his wife, Amy Nathan, who announced the death on social media.
Mr. Fineman spent 30 years at Newsweek beginning in 1980, serving as chief political correspondent and deputy Washington bureau chief during the era when the magazine, then owned by The Washington Post, was one of the most widely read newsweeklies in the United States.
He was also an analyst for NBC and MSNBC for years and became familiar to television viewers through his appearances on shows including Hardball With Chris Matthews, PBSs Washington Week in Review and CNNs Capital Gang Sunday.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/06/12/howard-fineman-newsweek-dead/
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Howard Fineman, political correspondent with analytical eye, dies at 75 (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jun 2024
OP
Always enjoyed and admired him. Keith Olbermann tweeted a screenshot of Howard's wife's tweet:
highplainsdem
Jun 2024
#5
mahatmakanejeeves
(60,422 posts)1. "Howard Fineman, a Newsweek political correspondent ..."
The real Newsweek, the one that hasn't existed in years.
SouthBayDem
(32,443 posts)11. Some good reads about the demise of newsweek
The Atlantic in 2018 (Needed to use a wayback machine link to get around the paywall):
and Columbia Journalism Review in 2019:
After years of survivable financial struggles, the magazinefounded in 1933cratered with the economy in 2008, was sold by the Washington Post Co. for $1 in 2010, and sold again in 2013 by Barry Dillers IAC to a shadowy company called International Business Times. In the last five years, Newsweek produced some strong journalism and plenty of clickbait before becoming a painful embarrassment to anyone who toiled there in its golden age. Matt Cooper, who also worked at the old Newsweek, resigned from the latest incarnation Monday with a letter saying that in three decades in journalism, Ive never seen more reckless leadership. Ed Kosner, editor in the late 1970s, wrote on Facebook Tuesday, Time to begin always making the distinction between our Real Newsweek of sainted memory and this shameful Fake Newsweek.
and Columbia Journalism Review in 2019:
The system is a remnant of the International Business Times ownership of Newsweek, which began in 2013 and formally ended in 2018, though the outlets still share executives. Many senior editors at Newsweek were promoted from IBTs click-addicted breaking-news or culture desks. IBT, launched in 2006, is a classic news aggregator, with reporters in the US and Bangalore, plus a UK edition, churning out a high volume of clickbait at the expense of original, quality reporting. Former writer Owen Davis told me the sites attitude toward search engine optimization was like a cargo cult mentality: the staffers who performed the most impressive rain (or click) dance were the ones praised, promoted, and moved over to Newsweek each time Google downgraded IBT in 2016 and 2017.
dchill
(40,085 posts)2. RIP.
emulatorloo
(45,507 posts)3. R.I.P. Old-school, smart, knowledgeable and always informative.
Unlike many of today's self-described pundits.
Thanks for the post.
Silent Type
(6,045 posts)4. Enjoyed his commentary.
highplainsdem
(51,897 posts)5. Always enjoyed and admired him. Keith Olbermann tweeted a screenshot of Howard's wife's tweet:
oasis
(51,483 posts)15. Howard and Keith. Always excellent
commentary.
niyad
(118,979 posts)6. rest in power, good soul.
Fla Dem
(25,514 posts)7. Always like Mr. Fineman. Was great reporter. So Sorry.
Attilatheblond
(4,063 posts)8. Maybe his good soul headed out to be ready
to welcome Jimmy Carter to the great beyond and honors.
SpankMe
(3,203 posts)9. Fineman was pretty good
Seventy-five is a bit young to go. Friggin' cancer - damn-it!
BumRushDaShow
(140,314 posts)10. He goes way back
Not many of that group still out there (I guess Wolf Blitzer, Pete Williams & Jeanne Moos). I had noticed he bubbled up on the air a couple years ago after I hadn't seen him for awhile but then disappeared again. I guess now we know why.
R.I.P.
bdamomma
(65,693 posts)12. Oh
that's too bad, always liked listening to him. Pancreatic CA that rots. RIP Mr. Fineman.
JohnnyRingo
(19,224 posts)13. Oh no. I liked him and his reporting.
So sad.
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,634 posts)14. Statement from President Biden on the passing of Howard Fineman
oasis
(51,483 posts)16. Classy tribute.