by a.o.l. for $315 million. wow. now, arianna huffington is editor-in-chief of all of aol s media operations. can she be objective enough to deliver the content? joining is one of the original contributors to the huffington post and joins us live in new york. good morning to you. arianna huffington has had quite a political conversion, hasn t she? she s been an arch conservative, centrist and now a leftist so probably very shortly she ll be something. she s a woman of principle. she really sticks to what she where she s going. sure. right now, she heads up aol s news operation. can she be objective? well, i think she can since she has so many points and at any point at any time, she s liable to change. that s pretty good in terms of objectivity. well, now, apparently, on
looking to get energy independent and would that effectively affect the price? it was such a market. you re not going to set the price short term. if you send that message to the world market, you would make a difference long term. did you know, brian, seven deep water drilling rigs have left the gulf of mexico because they can t get permits to drill where they used to drill. most of them have gone to brazil which we are subsidizing for their off-shore drilling. does that make sense as an energy policy? you answer that question on your own show varney & company this morning, where? that s right, huddy, on the fox business network, as a matter of fact. brit hume is on the show this morning. he speaks very well. thanks, stu. coming up straight ahead, liberal blogger arianna huffington is the leader of aol news. that s a problem. she s being accused of not paying people for their work. and audiences are raving
team palin allowed comments to be posted in response to the video. but as this youtube video demonstrates, at times many of them just disappear as quickly as they re being posted. so, what s happening? team palin is, in fact, rewriting the online reaction to the speech by deleting negative comments. the story was picked up by the atlantic, the daily beast, gawker, aol news and assorted blogs. the palinism of this story, in the very speech people are responding to, palin praised citizens who exercise their first amendment rights and said vigorous and spirited debates are among our most cherished. nick ramsey, one of our many tal enthe producers, put the following comment up on sarah palin s facebook page. is right, sarah speech was
demonstrates, at times many of them just disappear as quickly as they re being posted. so, what s happening? team palin is, in fact, rewriting the online reaction to the speech by deleting negative comments. the story was picked up by the atlantic, the daily beast, gawker, aol news and assorted blogs. the palinism of this story, in the very speech people are responding to, palin praised citizens who exercise their first amendment rights and said vigorous and spirited debates are among our most cherished. nick ramsey, one of our many talented producers, put the following comment up on sarah palin s facebook page. is right, sarah speech was unnecessary. lawrence o donnell was also right. the speech was a self-ramble.
claims. the tsa says a number of groups are making sure the devices are safe. aol news reports the groups that tsa listed say they have no responsibility. in a little more than an hour the senate is due to vote on ending debate on the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, it would re-establish a mutual inspection program similar to went s.t.a.r.t. one expired. ambassador richard burke was the chief negotiator with the former soviet union. it is good to talk to you, ambassador. give me a sense why s.t.a.r.t. is so important. i think that is the key question, isn t it? i don t think the administration has done a very good job selling this treaty.