MSNBC reporter working for the whitehouse

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**Frazzled**

MSNBC reporter admits to doing work for the Whitehouse. And reporters wonder why media is not trusted.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/06/21/nbcs_brzezinski_im_working_with_the_white_house_on_oil_spill_talking_points.html

**Soladrin**

Looks like he just fired himself.

**MeanGreenStompa**

Wow! it's almost like the entire Fox News Network working against the White House!

**Frazzled**

The difference of course, is that they are not paid directly by the Republican party. When you take money from the WH you're not a reporter, you're an employee.

**WarOne**

Frazzled wrote:

Oh where did you get THAT from?

Yeah, now it is all coming back to me.

But seriously, journalistic ethics cannot take a more serious hit than that. Moonlighting for two organizations, especially one you could be REPORTING on to the other?

**Frazzled**

**dogma**

Frazzled wrote:When you take money from the WH you're not a reporter, you're an employee.

She never indicated that she had taken money, she indicated that she was working with the White House. It isn't uncommon for commentators, which is what Brezinski functions as on Morning Joe, to work with a sympathetic administration to develop talking points. Note former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan's allegations of the same occurring with respect to the Bush Administration and Fox News.

**generalgrog**

Frazzled wrote:The difference of course, is that they are not paid directly by the Republican party. When you take money from the WH you're not a reporter, you're an employee.

If you really think that Hannity,Beck and Limbaugh etc, aren't getting money from political parties you are deluded.

GG

**Kilkrazy**

How long has this been going on undeclared?

It's an outrageous conflict of interest not to declare one's interests.

**dogma**

As far as the referenced file is concerned (being related to the oil spill), 63 days at most.