Well, lookey here!! Check out what MR. Campbell Brown is up to these days:

[rvablue]

working with Bill Kristol to reinvent neoconservatism.

What a load. This should scroll as a disclaimer during Campbell Brown's "No Bull" broadcast every night.

I haven't been that critical of her up to this point.

No more. It is an understatement to say that this is a MASSIVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

She has no place interviewing anyone on politcal and governmental matters at this point, as her husband's paycheck now depends on the resurgence of the neocons who (almost) brought this country to our knees!!!

Here is the fuller story at ThinkProgress:

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/03/26/project-for-the-rehabilitation-of-neoconservatism/

[firedupdem]

1. Her "no bias, no bull" show is full of bias and bullshit. I can't

stand that woman.

[lunatica]

23. I'm always suspicious of anyone who feels they need to constantly say

how good they are, or how fair and balanced they are, or how their reporting has no bias. Does anyone advertise that their reporting is unfair and unbalanced and biased? It's just stupid and meaningless self adulation to cover deceit.

[progressoid]

27. Yeah, as soon as I heard the name No Bull, No Bias, I immediately thought of FOX

It's like they are saying, "look at us, We're more fair and balanced than FOX!" :puke:

[Stephanie]

2. He was a Bush admin official when she married him.

[rvablue]

5. I realize that, but she wasn't selling "No Bull" on CNN then. n/t

[Stephanie]

9. Wasn't she in the WH press corps then?

I can't remember

[rvablue]

18. No, she wasn't. And they got married in 2006, after Senor left the PR effort in Iraq

in 2004.

Brown covered the 2000 Presidential campaign..mostly Bush... but her biggest "claim to fame" at NBC was the she was being honed to replace Couric at the TODAY show. When Meredith Viera got the gig, she left the network.

She never covered the White House.

BTW, I'm just sharing facts here. Not defending either of them.

The whole point is, she is anchoring a nightly "NEWS" program and it is basic journalist ethics to announce something like her husband's new employ that could be perceived as a conflict of interest so that her viewers know where she is coming from.

[Political Tiger]

3. I didn't know who her husband was until now

and I agree, there is a conflict of interest here, at least an appearance of one. And although I never watch her, I bet she was one to bring up the "conflict of interest" talking points the cons used against Hillary and Bill Clinton when Hillary was being considered for SoS.

[rvablue]

6. If she had any respect for her profession, she would announce this on her show.

It's called full disclosure.

Your points are excellent ones. While I don't have a link, I seem to remember her hemming and hawing over Bill Clinton's overseas fundraising work re: Hillary's appointment as SoS.

Guess she believes disclosing conflicts of interest doesn't apply to her.

[depakid]

4. CNN is just pathetic- not sure why anyone bothers watching it

Perhaps they enjoy being misinformed?

[amborin]

28. anderson cooper is worse, with totally nonsensical bilge

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

7. The question what the hell is William Shatner doing with those 2 assholes?!

[MadBadger]

8. I dont think thats fair to judge her because of what her husband does.

Do you think all James Carville appearances should have a headline that says what his wife does? She is not her husband, and I assume she can think for herself.

[avaistheone1]

10. Actually it probably should.

From what I understand some Democrats feel information/strategy has been demonstrably compromised between that couple.

I used to think like you, but I changed my mind.

[MadBadger]

12. What about Maria Shriver?

[rvablue]

16. OK. What about Maria Shriver? Flesh out your challenge? n/t

[avaistheone1]

24. She was wise to step down from her position.

Otherwise, she probably would have compromised herself as well.

Come to think of it she actually she did. Maria and Arnold went on Oprah together to pitch him on his run for governor. He was the only candidate for that position allowed to go on the show.

[rvablue]

15. Not analogous. When Carville appears he argues the Democratic side of things and has a distinct

graphic appear under his face on screen that says, "Democratic strategist."

And he doesn't go on TV every night with a graphic over his head that says, "No bias. No bull."

And I know she isn't her husband. But basic journalistic ethics calls for a full disclosure. If she takes what she does with even a modicum of respect, she has a duty to go on air and announce her husband's new gig.

[tbyg52]

34. >>Do you think all James Carville appearances should have a headline that says what his wife does?

Yes.

[MadBadger]

35. Nope

[mitchum]

40. Agree...He should be billed as "Mr Matalin: The Gentleman From DLC"

[Undercurrent]

11. Sheesh!

I didn't know Daniel Senor was MR. Campbell Brown.

He's also

"a contributor to Fox News, frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, and author of an upcoming book about the economy of Israel and globalization in the Middle East."

"He is most noted for his former position as chief spokesperson for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Senor

[Thrill]

13. She is sinking CNN. She is one of the worst people on TV

Shes snobby

[Grateful for Hope]

14. Great catch

Thanks for posting this. "Conflict of interest" at it's finest.

[rvablue]

17. Can't take credit. Saw in Kos and thought I'd post here if some DUers don't venture over there!

:hi:

[Grateful for Hope]

19. I don't venture over there

so, again, thank you!

[Cha]

20. Rec'd~ This needs to go Viral.

We don't need to have a corporatemediawhore having a "no bull" show when it's she who needs FULL DISCLOSURE.

[Phx_Dem]

21. Her show should be called "No Bull but lots of Bullshit:" n/t

[Medusa]

22. Hands down, her show is the most boring thing on cable news

they should bottle it as a sleep-aid.

[Trajan]

25. ALWAYS have complained about Campbell Senor ....

Her silk purses are chock full of taxpayer funded death riches ...

Her hands are full of blood money, and her words are founded on the rehabilitation of her own nonexistent integrity ...

Sorry Campbell ... You lost that at least 6 years ago ....

[Trajan]

29. To Wit ...

From April 2006 - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x997715

Meek and mild Campell Brown, who so sweetly delivers today's 'news' from the mighty GE fortress at Rockefeller Plaza, is married to Dan Senor, the media relations/neocon-apologist mouthpiece of the Coalition Provisional Authority, aka CPA, which ruled post-war Iraq after the 'Fall Of Saddam' ....

Dan Senor was part of the very team that helped organize the theft of BILLIONS of american taxpayer dollars by shuffling hundreds of no-bid contracts to the friends of the BFEE, and the GOP ... Many of those no-bid contracts go under or UN-performed to this very day .....

Dan Senor has some of that filthy lucre, that blood money, in his pocket this very day ....

Mewonders how much of that sullied, stolen treasure Campell Brown carries to work with her every morning ..... How much of that blood money buys expensive suits, nail jobs and dozens of saturday donuts for the Weekend Today Crew .... ?

Mewonders how she can ever anchor ANY news that criticizes her own husband and his ilk in the GOP, and whether she identifies the very coinage in her possession as ill-gotten plunder ... or does she even bother ?

[Kablooie]

26. Wish she'd just go back to making soup.

[amborin]

30. what about James Carville?

seriously, it's possible for two spouses to be on opposite sides politically

it's fascism to condemn someone due to their spouse's beliefs or stance

assuming adults are adults, they can think and act independently

[tbyg52]

36. I don't condemn, but I sure think it should be disclosed.

And by *her*, not by us.

Re Carville, how about that time he called his wife, who was at the White House, during the election?

[rvablue]

38. No one is condemning her for her spouses beliefs. At least, I'm not. The point

is that it is journalist ethics 101 to disclose this publicly to her viewers.

If she did, I would actually applaud her for it.

But she won't.

Her husband is now getting a paycheck from an organization whose purpose is to once again try to reignited the neocon policies that got us into the mess that we find today. And the woman whom he shares a bed with every night, is on TV espousing "No Bias. No Bull."

Therefore, she has a professional and ethical obligation to tell her viewers about her husband's new job.

And the Carville argument doesn't fly. He is a democratic strategist, not a journalist.

[NYC_SKP]

31. BUT! The show's title is "NO BULL, NO BIAS"!!!! Ergo, this story can NOT be true!

:rofl:

[The Bakery Wagon]

32. This reminds me of Christiane Amanpour...

Who is apparently still married to James Rubin

Amanpour is married to James Rubin since 1998, who at the time was an Assistant Secretary of State and spokesman for the US State Department.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane_Amanpour

Pravda would blush...

Once upon a time a "news reporter" that was married to the Assistant Secretary of State would have been called out.

But that was then...And Campbell is so "now"

I'd bet that the Psyop infiltration has just begun (cnn + psyops make a good search, for those that care)

[Joe the Liberal]

33. She is just one of the many people at CNN I can't stand...........

Lou Dobbs would be at the top of my list of CNN people I just can't stand listening too or watching and Campbell Brown would come in second. For some reason I can't stand Anderson Cooper either, with that fake concerned look on his face all the time as he delivers the news.

[Jennicut]

37. I don't like her but sometimes wives and husbands disagree on politics

as do parents and their grown up kids. My parents are big time conservatives and my husband does not even vote (no interest). Still, she really stinks it up every night on CNN.

[rvablue]

39. My complaint about this has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with ethics.

And my concerns would not be tempered if I found out she's voted for Democrats her whole life and had a tatoo of Obama's campaign logo.

It is basic, simple journalistic ethics to announce any potential conflict of interest.

Dan Senor isn't just someone's press secretary or aide. His income now is based on forwarding the neocon agenda. And the fact that they are married and have kids makes that a conflict of interest.

I just want her to announce it.

[butterfly77]

41. One of the reasons ..

why I can't stand her as she tries to question Obama with no bias and no bull when she is full of Bull as her husband was part of the bush crime family. Who is she to question anyone about anything.