Fineman, 61, points out he is more than twice as old as most of the Huffington Post staffers. But he says his move and the expected addition of other "traditional" reporters to the website are part of Huffington Post's effort to add original news to its growing world of content.
In an interview with Media Matters Monday, just hours after his new job choice became public, Fineman said he believes Newsweek will continue to thrive, but predicted its print edition would likely end within five years. He also said Huffington Post will be able to offer fair and accurate reporting even with its liberal traditions, noting that is not the case at Fox News, which mixes its ideology too much with reporting.
"It is not a new development; in the old days, newspapers had candidates. But what is startling about Fox is that TV never used to do that," Fineman told me Monday. "Fox and [Chairman Roger] Ailes came out of the closet and said, 'Hey, we are basically the Republican channel.' Ailes has a project he is pursuing."
Fineman said that, even with her liberal leanings, Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington does not cross that line.
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