A few months ago, Campbell Brown popped up in the op-ed pages of major newspapers writing about teachers' unions, Planned Parenthood, and Obama's woman problem. I confess to reading all of her columns when they appeared, not because of the originality of her ideas, but because of the celebrity factor. I knew who she was.
Campbell Brown was one of those interchangable female news readers who come and go, while the male news readers get all old and jowly. Brown, like Suzanna Guthrie, was tall and toothy. Perfect for the camera. But people inevitably got bored with her, so she was urged to leave and CNN hired another tall and toothy news reader. I often wonder what happens to last year's tall and toothy news readers. I guess they marry well, retire, and then write op-ed articles.
Brown has gotten another 15 minutes of fame. People are annoyed that she didn't disclose the fact that she is married to a top Romney advisor at the top of every opinion article that she writes.
She was just on Morning Joe, complaining that it was sexist to say that her husband's opinions influenced her and discounted the merits of her arguments.
Brown's problem is that she used to pretend to be an objective journalist, so it's jarring to see her drop the pretence of objectivity and to read some pretty boring articles. It's jarring to see her opinions and it's jarring to see how boring they are.
Apt. 11d 
I often wonder what happens to last year’s tall and toothy news readers.
Even if they aren’t on camera, they have to keep reading the news. Their teeth continually grow and without the wear from news reading, their teeth would grow so long they couldn’t eat.
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Ok, so, a reporter has an affiliation with Romney and suddenly, there is great bias in her reporting? What about the 99% of the “unbiased” media with ties to the left? Dan Rather’s major ethical snafu illustrates how tainted journalism has become with lack of objectivity tied to the emoting on the left.
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When the husband of Michele Norris, NPR host, took a job as a senior advisor to the Obama campaign, NPR took her off hosting duties and made a public announcement about it to avoid any accusations of bias. Of course, some will consider NPR to bee biased anyway, but that’s another story.
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Did you see I wrote about this for Forbes? Thanks to Office Mate, I will forever be a specialist on this rather oddball topic.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/helaineolen/2012/08/20/why-campbell-brown-is-wrong/
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