Arianna: The Huffington Post Is Not A ‘Lefty’ Publication Anymore

[Purveyor]

By Stephen C. Webster
Friday, April 1st, 2011 -- 11:45 am

In a recent interview with The New York Times, Arianna Huffington revealed a bit of news that's not likely to show up on The Huffington Post's front page any time soon: the site is no longer "lefty" in its political bent.

That will likely come as a surprise to the massive audience of Democrats and liberals The Huffington Post has attracted over the years, who've turned the site into a powerful voice for progressive values and one of the largest online publications going.

Speaking to New York Times reporter Andrew Goldman, Huffington said that for the last three years she has been walking the post-partisan talk.

"The tag line that we’ve used a lot is 'Beyond left and right,'" she reportedly said.

MORE...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/01/arianna-huffington-post-is-not-a-lefty-publication/

[FSogol]

1. Arianna: The Huffington Post Is A Valueless Publication

Why would ANYONE write for that rag for free?

[hlthe2b]

5. Valueless for the reader... $315 million for the opportunist, Arianna

[SpiralHawk]

2. "We are now just another party-line RepubliCorp propaganda spigot." - Ariana (R)

"So you smelly American proles better get used to it. Sneer.

"You RepubliSuckers will henceforth need to be sure to flush twice. It's a long way from the cesspools of your souls to our editorial desk."

- Ariana (R)

[The Backlash Cometh]

19. Is she expecting us to feel sorry for her?

[villager]

3. "Anymore?"

:shrug:

[Newest Reality]

4. So, basically

a subsidy of McPravda now.

I don't go to HuffPo anymore. Pointless!

There are plenty of good sources out there and flexibility and adaptation are the name of the game.

[hlthe2b]

8. Yup... alll those unpaid talented guest bloggers can go away...

Now that Arianna has her $315 million. SUCKERS! :eyes:

[Dawson Leery]

13. Just maybe the Huffington Post will go the way of AOL.

[hlthe2b]

17. Well, I've had an aol email account for 20 years now...

Free for the last ten years or so.... so no reason to delete it and still sort of handy.... So, I'm slightly conflicted.

[Dawson Leery]

6. When was the Huffington Post ever "left wing"?

[dennis4868]

7. No shit sherlock!

[truebrit71]

9. File that under 'No shit, Sherlock'...

The thought that it comes as a surprise to the "massive audience" of Democrats and liberals that visit the site is laughable...

I haven't been there since she sold out to AOL..I wonder if they have posted, or would be willing to post, the amount of traffic that has stopped going to the site and/or cancelled their logins there since that date...

I'm just waiting for His Keithiness to make his presence properly felt at Current TV...

[tridim]

10. Arianna is a freaking snake.

I hope DU bans HuffPo as a valid source of news.

[Dawson Leery]

12. +1

[sabrina 1]

11. She did what a lot of 'former' Republicans did.

She filled a vaccuum by starting a blog that attracted democrats and then when she used them to build up a huge audience, she was able to sell it. Now that she made her money, she doesn't need the 'left' anymore.

I feel sorry for the people who were used.

[Horse with no Name]

14. Another sell-out

But this one wasn't a surprise.

The voices and viewpoints of the Left made her a very wealthy woman.
The voices and viewpoints of the Left made a President and gave him a REAL mandate.

We are expendable.

Get used to it!

[PoliticAverse]

15. $he'$ gone beyond left and right parti$an$hip. n/t

[Gregorian]

16. Now it is a brand name.

I really need to edit my post to add this-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-GgUMXEszU

[JoePhilly]

18. Duh.

[Arkana]

20. Arianna Huffington always struck me as one of those liberals who wanted to be liberal

in the same sense that you or I might want a cold beer.

[_ed_]

24. She is a vapid former Republican

who never saw a dollar she didn't want.

[SidDithers]

21. It never was...nt

Sid

[AsahinaKimi]

22. I have stopped going there

It makes me sad they have GONE TO THE DARK SIDE
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YcVRPF90k_c/TSN0hGfnCRI/AAAAAAAABf8/7k_NgTymDrI/s1600/emperor+palpatine.JPG

[_ed_]

23. People that read HuffPo are like people that watch MSNBC

They are idiots. When will people learn that getting their "liberal" news from the GE corporation or a former wife of a Republican isn't a good idea.

[Aerows]

25. I stopped going there the day she sold out to AOL

It's clear where her priorities lie, and they are for Arianna Huffington and nobody else.

[SoCalDem]

26. Not a surprise to progressives..

I don;t really thing it ever really was all that "left".. Many people thought it was because it was a mainstream-ish place where a lot of progressive writers finally found a venue that welcomed them, but of course now that she has sold out..not so much maybe..

She used those writers to bolster her site's visibility, but now that she's got all the money, watch her move onto the "next thing"..

This is her modus operandi