Good news that the Huffington Post has hired former Washington Post blogger Dan Froomkin as its Washington Bureau chief and columnist, overseeing 5 reporters and an Assistant Editor. Froomkin was a relentless and honest critic of the mainstream media's coverage of the Iraq war and of politics in general. His dismissal from the WaPo may have resulted from too much criticism of the WaPo's neocon editorial position and specifically of regular columnist Chuckie "Dr. Strangelove" Kraphammer, who is reportedly close to the WaPo's neocon editorial page editor Fred "Dead Head" Hiatt.
Good move by the Huffington Post, and an example of why some in the "dead tree" media are struggling to stay alive, especially now that Washington's not wired Rethuglican.
