The Hill owner ensured the newspaper "is not too critical of the President" (CNN exposes The Hill)

[Chambi]

CNN just exposed The Hill as a right wing outlet owned by a Trumper:

Beyond his relationship with Solomon, Trump, and Giuliani, Finkelstein was Solomon's direct supervisor at The Hill and created the conditions which permitted Solomon to publish his conspiratorial stories without the traditional oversight implemented at news outlets.

And he has kept a watchful eye on the newspaper's coverage to ensure it is not too critical of the President.

As one former veteran employee of The Hill told CNN Business, "Solomon is a symptom of the larger problem of Jimmy Finkelstein."

This story is based on more than a dozen interviews with current and former staffers at The Hill, in addition to people familiar with other relevant pieces of information.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/18/media/jimmy-finkelstein-the-hill-ukraine/index.html

[onecaliberal]

1. The media collectively doesn't tell the truth about trump and republicans.

[dalton99a]

2. "Tell Jimmy I said hello"

"Tell Jimmy I said hello"

Finkelstein has been friends with Trump for decades. In fact, according to a former employee at The Hill, he "boasts that he's a close friend" of the President. "Getting a phone call from Trump would fill him with joy," the former employee told CNN Business.

Trump himself has also privately acknowledged his relationship with Finkelstein. During an Oval Office interview with The Hill, according to a person with direct knowledge of the incident, Trump asked one of the outlet's staffers to send along his greetings to Finkelstein. "Tell Jimmy I said hello," Trump told the staffer.

Finkelstein's wife, Pamela Gross, who worked at CNN but left in 2017, is close with Melania Trump. Gross threw a baby shower for Melania Trump, according to a person familiar with the event.

Finkelstein and Gross are also both close with Giuliani, who currently serves as Trump's personal attorney. Finkelstein often hosts social gatherings at his Hamptons home and, according to a person familiar with the matter, Giuliani and his girlfriend spent multiple weekends at the residence this past summer.

The former New York City mayor has also turned up at events for The Hill in recent years. He attended the launch party for The Hill TV, and was a VIP guest at the outlet's 2019 White House Correspondents Association Dinner party, according to people familiar with the matter.

A former employee at The Hill recalled that Giuliani was a regular guest on The Hill TV. "Whenever we couldn't book a guest, John [Solomon] would call Jimmy [Finkelstein], Jimmy would call Rudy, and Rudy would come in or Skype," the person explained.

So when Giuliani attempted to dig up political dirt on Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, a natural place for him to disseminate the information was The Hill. And the natural person at The Hill to go to was Solomon, who had been personally hired by Finkelstein.

[democratisphere]

3. Another rethuglicon propaganda machine.

[Cha]

4. Good!

[NCLefty]

5. I don't post The Hill links anymore and I blocked it in my news app.

[awesomerwb1]

6. Shocker!

Now expose the jokesters of Politico. Anyone who is surprised, hasn’t been paying attention.

[ms liberty]

7. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

Well, not really. I've read their articles. It's where Chuckie Toad started, and their 'reporters' appear on CSPAN pretty much every day. So yea, this falls into the not shocked category.

[sandensea]

8. I'm sure that when a Democrat ousts the Orange Oaf, they'll go back to their more 'critical' selves

"What were we thinking!"