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Hollywood’s Checkered History With DC Hires — A Cautionary Tale For WBD’s Bet On Robert Gibbs
The addition of Barack Obama's 1st press secretary to the troubled house of Zaslav comes with a history of pitfalls
A relentless advocate for his boss as Barack Obama ’s first press secretary and later a senior advisor for the 44 th POTUS’ successful 2012 reelection, Gibbs has subsequently taken on roles as a MSNBC contributor, podcast co-host, lobbyist and head of communications for McDonald’s from 2015 to 2019. In contrast, before she landed at WB in 2014 and after she exited as the first female White House Press Secretary, Myers served as a consultant and script advisor on The West Wing for the acclaimed Aaron Sorkin series seven season run. At one point she detailed how in the heat of the 2016 campaign, Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner tried and failed to get Murdoch to put the brakes on an explosive Wall Street Journal story about the candidate’s alleged affair with 1998 Playmate of the year Karen McDougal.
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