[Bigtigermike]

In an e-mail exchange yesterday, Easton said she was not paid for her work on the book. “Mitt asked me - as a friend and a book author myself - for some input on an early draft. I offered some writer’s advice on things like structure and how to better tease out themes in his writing. It wasn’t much,’’ Easton wrote.

Many news organizations have policies explicitly forbidding reporters and editors from offering any support for political figures or their campaigns. A spokesman for Time Inc., which owns Fortune, did not respond to a request for comment on Easton’s role.

UPDATE: A Fortune spokesperson tells POLITICO that they "take it seriously" and are "looking into it."

[Vaquero]

NEWSMAX is pushing this RINO crappola.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Helping out?

Should Wee Willie Ayers have written a book and allowed Obammie the Commie to put his name on it?

Should journalists in the state-run media be helping out the government push a communist agenda down America’s throat on a daily basis?

[skeeter]

Good question Politico! SHOULD a journalist involve themselves in politics? Unprecedented!!

Inquiring minds!

[Bigtigermike]

BTW Sarah Palin announced that she was going to have a ghost writer at the very beginning, then the media came out months later and made it as though it was hidden from the public and that Sarah was trying to hide the facts.......I was so mad at that! GRRRRRR!!

[724th]

It’s fine, as long as there is full disclosure. Problem here is, Ms. Easton’s husband, was also a top campaign aide for Romney. A reality thay may well continue into 2012.

[driftdiver]

‘Should a political analyst and journalist be helping out a former (and future?) presidential candidate with his book?”

I dunno, should a terrorist be helping out a former presidential candidate who is currently in the White House with his book?

[Hugin]

Who cares? The dozen or so people who will ever read Mitt’s book?

[posterchild]

She said ‘Hey baby what’s wrong with you?
Why don’t you use your imagination.

Oh...wrong Easton.

[SoCalPol]

>where Romney writes she “advised me on ways to make the message of what I had written more clear and compelling.” >

Meaning, hey, I had a ghost writer but word it differently

[SkyPilot]

Nina Easton?

Sounds like "Sheena Easton."

[Ramius]

I don’t get it. Why shouldn’t she be able to do whatever she wants, for whoever she wants?

[iowamark]

Romney has many Obama people “helping” him. They would be more than happy to help him get the Republican nomination, at which point they would drop him.

[Earthdweller]

Fox had Easton on as an “objective” commentator in their reactions right after the debates between Romney and McCain. Really ticked me off. It was so obvious who she was pushing for, even when everyone knew McCain did better.

[Freddd]

I wonder if it will have 17 Fact checkers?????????