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  • HuffPo Blogger Fired for Using Press Creds to Abet Union Protesters

    01/24/2011 5:33:07 PM PST · by Nachum · 6 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | 1/24/11 | Lachlan Markay
    Just because the site was founded by an alleged plagiarist doesn't mean it's totally devoid of ethical clout. Though you do have to wonder: from where does the Huffington Post recruit its bloggers? The site reportedly informed one of its unpaid contributors last week that he was being let go. The offense: he had used his press credentials as a HuffPo blogger to get labor union demonstrators access to a Mortgage Bankers Association event, where they staged a rowdy protest. Yahoo News reporter Joe Pompeo wrote of the event on Monday: The commotion attracted a fair amount of media attention...