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our voice is different than the way "huffington post" is.e haven't had a pressure to fit the way they do things, which is good, because i don't think it would work for us, frankly. their site is successful, ours is as well. no pressure to do anything like that. >> readers would smell it in a second. >> absolutely, our readers are incredibly smart. the most important thing is our ethics and voice and maintaining what we do and how we do it and keeping it clean. we make sure nobody at aol is telling us what to write. we don't do any advertising or anything like that. >> you can write what you say, what do you think about the future of aol? >> about the future of aol, it's going to be a difficult transition, it's a huge shift for the business, but tim armstrong just gave in his meeting the other day, laying out how they are doing that and the pieces to make that happen and he's confident it could happen. i think it's going to continue to be a difficult transition. i think we still have rough times ahead of us. i think they are putting the right

. >> ariana huffington. her online publication, the huffington post, was acquired by aol yielding her a cool $350 million payday. capitalist of the year. we'll be right back with person of the year. the droid razr by motorola. the droid that wirelessly pulls files, music and movies, all at 4g lte speeds. and introducing the droid xyboard. with an 8 inch hd screen and adaptive surround sound, a home theater for your hands. powered by verizon 4g lte, buy a droid razr and getwerful $100 off a droid xyboard.ands. >>> okay. here it is. person of the year. pat? >> recep erdogan of turkey. he has brought his country up in the entire middle east. he is turning his back on europe. people accuse him of neo- ottomanism. the turks have a fast economic growth. but turkey is a real force in the world. >> eleanor? >> i give it to steve jobs, who died earlier this year. in his death he will have continued influence over our society. more influence than any of the politicians alive today who we have discussed in this program

he said in front of this rotary club meeting and i quote it had on "huffington post," he said i can't do modern politics, meaning that there's something about the way a big national industrialized presidential campaign works that he just never filligured out, and if he ever does figure it out it will be too late. that's what's happening to him here. >> who is the african-american guy in mythic history, the piledriver. >> john henry. >> and he would pound the piles in until he finally had to run against the machine and he beat it and then beat mat sheen and died. >> that's how newt views himself, a self-serving analysis saying i'm the honest guy who wanted a positive campaign. >> i won the debates. >> won the debates, talked about the issues, running like i was a member on the floor of the house, not this weird thing that is presidential politics. of course, he's playing the system. >> a republican running against industrialization, there's a strange development. susan, your thoughts about what looks to be the decline to almost infinitely little size of newt gingrich today. >> i think

it to advertisers well they've created a business model out of it now other industries want the huffington post reported that ally financial a major bank now wants to know where their customers are and not everyone is totally cool with that they're requesting to track customers locations when they go to allies find a.t.m. page on the internet so far the first major bank to do so makes america chase citibank and of those banks have made the move yet now it seems harmless enough for now but privacy advocates are not exactly thrilled amber you a spokesperson for privacy rights clearinghouse told the huffington post quote one day it's collected locations for the nearest a.t.m. but tomorrow it might be selling that location data to a third party advertiser for profit of course. denies any such intentions and says they're just trying to help customers to find a.t.m.'s more easily but the most troubling part of the story is not that one bank has decided to track you when you log on to their website but that the move from companies to collect as much personal data as possible about consumers is no

and mike saks, "the huffington post's" supreme court correspondent.et to this point where the idea that corporations have political rights have come from, and how is it that we made it years past citizens united on the first -- on free speech with corporations, and yet we haven't reconciled the downside of being a person, if you will. >> good to be here, dylan. there's a 1798 statute that opened up the federal nationals issuing torts under international law. and foreign nationals can come into federal courts and say, hey, this so-and-so did this bad thing to me and i want them to pay up. now, that law doesn't specify who the defendant could be. in in a supreme court, in a 2004 case left open the question whether or not an individual or a corporation or both can be held liable under international law. >> john, let's talk about this. "the d.r. show" crack production team, and they are crack, i will say, discovered a footnote in a brief filed related to the case we're talking about in the lead. and the footnote makes following point. it says, if a corpor

. >> it's now the huffington post.com.rged. >> yes, fancy. >> fancy, fancy. >> we see you a lot on the huffington post there. let's talk about one of the kardashian girls may be packing it up and moving to dallas. >> this is going to happen. lamar has been moved to dallas. he didn't talk about the reality show transferring with them. cameras will move with them to dallas. watching them set up a new home, a new life and maybe a new family. >> how many more spin-offs are there going to be? i'm exhausted. there aren't that many kardashians. >> let's talk about lindsay lohan. her purse was stolen with $10,000 in it? >> lindsay went to hawaii to get away. her "playboy" spread was released a little early. she went out of town before the craziness starts. at a party she had her bag stolen. they got the bag back, but $10,000 was missing. what she was freaking out about was her passport and i.d. is in this bag. she has a court appearance on wednesday. >> and her probation papers are in it. >> she couldn't fly without any i.d. >> wo

. >>> coming up, the co-founder of the huffington post, arianna huffington, thomas friedman, moderator of "meet the press," david gregory, and buddy roemer. >>> and the lead singer for wilco went on a local news station to forecast the weather and proves to the world just how easy it is to be a weather man, bill. >> you're not going to get any arguments here. >> all right. tell us what's going to happen. >> got the easiest gig around. good morning, everyone. let's get to the weekend forecast. especially when you have weekends like this, i still get paid regardless of any huge storms or not. and there's none on the maps. we're watching temperatures falling in new england. it's a windy morning. very warm now, the temperatures will drop. winds gusting up to 40, to 30 miles per hour. so one of those mornings where the leaves will be blowing around. you get pushed around on the roads a little bit. temperatures this afternoon in the 40s. not going to be too bad, but breezy out there. rainy weather through the southeast, louisiana, mississippi, into tennessee, that'll be exiting into areas of

. >> a political reporter for the "huffington post" and joins us now.let's focus on the two big names. how secure is the lead and how does rick santorum get the aspect romney conservatives to his campaign? >> romney is doing very well in the polls. he got very good numbers in the polls yesterday from cnn and time. he does have a good lead although ron paul is with him. santorum is really catching up though. his poll numbers are much higher. the reason is that he is committed in all 99 counties. that is something that matters from a lot of conservatives. let's listen to a piece of that interview. >> they are tied. what if you have ron paul win? at that point i think you should shake their head and go to the next topic. >> newt gingrich is saying it's not a big deal. he previously had a bigç spike and was doing well, but a lot of islands were saying you can't trust him. a lot of people were saying he spent too much time in washington and too much of an insider. a lot of people seem to be picking up on these ads that it's mitt romney is putting out. gingr

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george ill, arianna huffington, and donna brazile. is that viable for him? >> he's playing the iowa game by traditional rules. there's an interesting debate between herman's fate and rick's fate. we want someone to gain traction if they have time. i think, however, i wonder if donna agrees, between now and 2016, they have to do serious thought whether they can develop some filter this proliferation of debating being hijacked -- >> who are you are labeling as one? >> herman cain. who used this as a book tour. now, we have a december 27th debate proposed that would moderated by donald trump. surely it's time for these candidates to do something presidential and saying we're not going to be hijacked. >> jon huntsman did that. he said that he was not going to participate in the debate. now, i mean, with the brassless way with the media, the news of herman cain suspension of his campaign, we're really amazing. basely, right now, should give them the reality show, keeping up the cains. make it a reality show. how do you win back gloria? >> three tickets out of iow

and jennifer donohue is a senior fellow at the eisenhower institute and a "huffington post" contributor. both of you, thank you much for joining us. it's great to have two people on who really know the republican party well. let's talk about the numbers. another day, another new set of poll numbers showing newt gingrich gaining strength among registered republicans. take a look at the new quinnipiac data. in florida, a wide lead for gingrich over romney where he had to win, 35, gingrich, 22, romney. in ohio, this is fascinating. gingrich is 36% now, twice romney's 18. in pennsylvania, my home turf, gingrich is well ahead. i can't believe these numbers in pennsylvania. 31 over the guy we thought would be strongest up there, romney. no other candidate even broke the 10% mark in any of these three states. it really looks right now halfway through december as a two-person race. let's go steve schmidt, first of all. it really looks like newt right now. >> he's the clear front-runner for the race as president. he has commanding leads, chris, nationally. he has them in iowa, he has them in sou

lauren ashburn, former managing editor of "usa today" and a contributor to the "huffington post." and fred frances, former nbc correspondent who now consults with clients dealing with the media in times of crisis. lauren ashburn, we had dominic strauss-kahn accused of groping a maid, anthony weiner aar, acc of sending pictures of his private parts. why is this so much in the media? >> it was like a train wreck. we were here listening to the tape shaking our heads saying, how can these people just go out and deny and deny and deny? you know, it's the entertainment value of it. i've always said it's the peoplization of the media. we all love to see people fail. >> not to say these aren't serious allegations that should be covered. >> no, no, not at all. i'm not saying that. i'm telling you why the media covers what's going to get ratings. what's going to have interest, and these kind of stories have a lot of interest. >> there's also a loss of privacy that's been experienced with the explosion of new media and ways to get information out. it's just simply not possible to keep things

do you know there is a blogger on huffington post who was watching this segment a couple of weeks agou made a remark. we were talking about women's fertility, the fertility math. you said to women, trust me, you should have a baby on your own if you want to have a baby and, in fact, men will find you more attractive. let me tell you, melanie was watching, a blogger for the huffington post, and has something to say about it and joins us on the phone. good morning. donny is his lening. >> good morning, melanie. >> donny deutsch, what is the big idea telling women they should have a baby on their own voluntarily? do you understand the amount of financial backup you need with that, the type of family you need behind that to help you do it? and then really, honestly, so many of us just dream of falling in love and have a baby with that man. >> that's it. >> okay. >> therein lies the problem. >> that's what donny -- let donny respond. >> first of all, ideally obviously with a man doing it with a partner is the way to go. there is just no question about that. what i'm saying though is that f

. >> her online publication, the huffington post, was acquired by aol yielding her a cool the >> >>> okay. best photo op. >> the photograph from the european summit last week, where nicolas sarkozy refused to shake the hand the david cameron and moved right by him. >> the photo taken in the situation room when president obama and the national security team waited for 38 minutes to watch the mission to capture and kill osama bin laden unfold. hillary clinton is like this and the president is staring quite terrified because things could have gone awry. >> the royal wedding clearly the most picturesque event of the year. kate and her sister looked amazing. >> to me the best photo on was of osama bin laden sitting wrapped in a blanket watching tv with a remote control in utter loneliness in the last days of his life. >> vice president joe biden sound asleep while president obama was unveiling his plan to cut the nation's $15 billion debt. the best photo on. honorable mention, pat? >> i am going to borrow from rich. i take seal team six. magnificent job. risked their lives. the went in an

and huffington post a major mess. is this proof that people aren't buying their agenda? this video. instead of knocking off a business, this robber gets knocked out. we'll have more on that coming up. ♪ i believe in dreams again ♪ oh, yeah ♪ 'cause i believe in you and me ♪ ♪ oh, boy ♪ i believe in miracles ♪ and i believe in you and me ♪ ♪ see, i was lost ♪ now i'm free ♪ 'cause i believe in you and me ♪ >> time now for your news by the numbers. first, $200 million. that's how much money president obama's re-election campaign is on track to raise by the end of 2011. next, 56%. that's how much more corporations borrowed from banks compared with last year. and finally, $26.5 million. that's how much money "mission impossible 4 ghost protocol" took in at the box office making it the number one movie christmas weekend. it beat out sherlock holmes and alvin and the chipmunks. >> investors are furious at the a.o.l. and huffington post. they are losing an estimated $500 million a year. they are demanding change. is this proof that the liberal media model does not work? joining

howard's, of course, msnbc political analyst and "the huffington post" media group editorial director and david yepsen, with we had to have him on. he's political columnist and director of the paul simon public policy institute at southern illinois university. who is the reigning monarch of journalistic intelligence out here. i want to start with you, the local guy, because as tip o'neill once said, all politics is local. >> i read that somewhere. >> yeah. iowa, is it following the country this timeç and saying, we're not going to be stuck picking somebody out in the crazy bin. we're going to pick a president. we're not going to send a message, we're going to send the country a president. are they lining themselves up with the thinking outside iowa tonight? >> i think so, chris. i think, you know, it takes a while to get there, but you've got to remember, the people who are showing up at these caucuses are activists. they're people who care about their party and they vet candidates and go through all their little rituals. but at the end of the day, the purpose of the exercise is to w

howard fineman is t"the huffington post" media group editorial director and david corn is an msnbc political analyst. earlier today, trump was asked whether the obsession with the president's birth certificate would take over the debate he's about to "moderate." >> i think there are some campaigns, and i've talked to him about this, that are concerned that you're going to use this to push, for instance, your obsession about the president's birth certificate. are you going to do that at this debate? >> no, i'm not. >> you're going to keep it out of the debate? >> look, the most important issue is jobs. whether or not he was born here, you know, to me, it means something, but i guess it doesn't mean a lot to a lot of people. but to me, it happens to mean something. the fact that they can't find any records in the hospital, that his mother was ever in the hospital, that to me means something, but a lot of people don't care. >> well, on april 27th, the white house released the president's birth certificate, just to clear up this mess that he has left behind, trump, just to clear it up, the long

amanda reports on this from the "huffington post." me. >> when we say it's getting ugly, we mean it. people are getting physical in wisconsin. never with you tempers were flaring and the tension with this, incredible. there are national implications in what can happen with scott walker. >> symbolically, one of the biggest races of the year. there were massive protests in february when thousands of people turned out to the capitol and protested. it started a national discussion about the role of unions. so tempers are very, very high on both sides. >> what are some of the thing happening there? >> well, recall organizers say at one point, a man tried to back his truck up into a bunch of volunteers. signs have been ripped up. petitions have been defaced. and some of this may seem small. it may seem silly but some of that is a femme. you can get up to a 10,000 fine or three and a half years in prison. >> in someone situation, someone collected petitions only to destroy them on that you recall. so like trekky going on here. >> some people

george will, arianna huffington, major garrett. and donna brazile. george, rick santorum hoping to get a boost from herman cain's supporter, is that availabviabl him? >> he's playing the iowa game by traditional rules. there's an interesting contrast between herman's fate and rick's fate. we want someone to gain traction if they have time. i think, however, i wonder if donna agrees, that, between now and 2016, both parties have to do serious thought whether they can develop some filter this proliferation of debating being hijacked entrepreneurs. >> who are you are labeling as one? >> herman cain. who used this as a book tour. fundamentally disrespectful approach to the selection of the president. now, we have a december 27th debate proposed that would moderated by donald trump. surely it's time for these candidates to do something presidential and say we're not going to be hijacked. >> jon huntsman did that. he said that he was not going to participate in the debate. i complete agree with george. the line between the reality show and the campaign pro

liberal media folks including msnbc hosts and ezra cline, new york times frank bruney and ariana huffington and think progress to think of a few. jim, were you not invited? >> i was not invited. look, this is, you know, every white house has a base and there's the base and curious who they are. >> the group chatted with the president about economic messaging, including conservative-- i'm sorry, about his agenda for 2012, and the various campaign arguments against different g.o.p. candidates, and the desire among some democrats to highlight his foreign policy accomplishments, and fighting corporate influence and the quote, crappiness of the senate fooibl. >>-- filibuster. >> and there were a few who would-- >> jack tapper is generally-- >> ai'm not talking about the-- >> and just at the white house news conferences. >> the progressive people have been tough on the president and gotten a lot of criticism from the left. probably more than anywhere else than the light, but the mainstream media is much easier on him than a lot of these people are. >> so you bring him into the white house and fee

irate for the left-wing blogs like the "huffington post" you can find my work regularly. when you read the comments and the articles, it is a fiery confrontation taking place from both sides and the idea and a polite to middle ground or loreal opposition is out the window. here is the third element i told you to remind me of. somebody did and they are just looking at me. [laughter] in the book "sex, mom & god" i talk about my mother. why? it is easy to play the game of demonizing see other. >> you would think there was sit-in's cousin in a way they never seem to read. they do nasty things which is okay, because you don't need friends from the fact is when will see a story of edith schaeffer in sit you believe it would be a litmus test. >> about scripture and theology but if your action reit. >> bereday man who has hitch a ride to his way across europe now looking for a place to examine a spiritual issues without sensing that people were judging him or her or an african student going to the university of sofia in bulgaria at the time africans were shipped by the carload to