Talk:Arianna Huffington
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Spam? [ edit ]
I'm trying to figure out if talking about spam from Huffington could be done with a neutral POV.
Text added by anon [ edit ]
At 17:59, 22 August 2005 PDT, 211.31.36.25 (talk · contribs ) replaced this talk page with the following text:
Arianna Huffington is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of ten books. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was sixteen and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in Economics. At twenty-one she became President of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union.
In 2003, she ran for governor as an Independent in California's recall election. Her populist grassroots campaign was widely praised for putting the media spotlight on the corrupting influence of special interest money on American politics.
Her first book, The Female Woman, on the changing roles of women, was published in 1974 by Random House and translated into eleven languages. In 1978 she published After Reason, a book on political leadership and the intersection of politics and culture. Her biography of Maria Callas: The Woman Behind the Legend, published in 1981 quickly became an international bestseller. Her fourth book, The Gods of Greece, celebrated the power of myths as guides to forgotten dimensions of life and ourselves, and has been republished by Atlantic Monthly Press, with paintings by Francoise Gilot.
Her biography of Pablo Picasso, Picasso: Creator and Destroyer, published in 1988, was a major international bestseller, translated into sixteen languages. The book was reissued by Avon Books to coincide with the release of a feature film based on the book, produced by Merchant-Ivory for Warner Bros. and starring Anthony Hopkins as Picasso. In 1994, she published The Fourth Instinct on the longing for meaning in a secular world. Her seventh book, Greetings From the Lincoln Bedroom, a book of political satire, was published in 1998 by Crown. How To Overthrow The Government, on the corruption of our political system and the need for reform, was published in 2000 by Regan Books (Harper Collins).
Her New York Times bestseller, "Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption are Undermining America", was published in 2003. Her latest book, "Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America" (April 2004), offers both a scathing portrait of our contemporary political landscape and a bold, inspiring, yet practical approach to restoring America to the promise envisioned by our greatest leaders.
During Campaign '96, Arianna teamed up with Al Franken to provide political coverage for Comedy Central during the Republican and Democratic conventions, as well as on election night. She and Franken also appeared in a point-counterpoint segment, Strange Bedfellows, for Politically Incorrect.
She has made guest appearances on numerous other shows, including Larry King Live, Oprah, Nightline, Inside Politics, Charlie Rose, Crossfire, Hardball, Good Morning America, the Today Show, The McLaughlin Group, and The O'Reilly Factor.
She serves on several boards that promote community solutions to social problems, including A Place Called Home that works with at-risk children in South Central Los Angeles. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Archer School for Girls, the advisory board of the Council on American Politics at George Washington University, and the board of the Reform Institute that works on campaign and election reform issues.
Arianna Huffington lives in Los Angeles with her two daughters.
Would anon happen to be the subject of this article, by any chance? Or maybe her publicist? Sure sounds like it.Daqu (talk ) 20:58, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
Ideological change [ edit ]
During her appearance on the Colbert Report, she credited Al Franken with changing her views. Added this to the appropriate section.
A Liberal Democrat? [ edit ]
I don't think the sources provided are enough to prove Huffington was a "liberal Democrat." Her first book was against the Women's Liberation Movement, not a liberal argument to make, and certainly a conservative one. She wrote for the National Review (the flagship conservative magazine) in the 1980's. Throughout the 90's she was a "Republican Barbie" and was on panels as the token Republican/ right-winger. The two sources cited include these quotes. From the Mother Jones article, which you can read here: [1]. says "Arianna, on the other hand, wants to live in the White House, or so they say. I was blown away by reports that she'd "made plays" for Jerry Brown and was once a "liberal Democrat." That's hearsay at best, and the person writing the article doesn't say "she was a liberal Democrat" but actually sounds skeptical of the claim. The other source, from "The Importance of Being Famous" (link: [2] ) includes an unsourced quote: "'She very much wanted Jerry [Brown]. She was a liberal Democrat then,' says a close friend at the time."
If there are any primary sources - her articles, or interviews, or something, I am very willing to concede she was liberal or a Democrat. But the 8 page 1998 New Yorker profile gives no mention of it, and her actions seem to indicate she had always been a conservative until at least the late 90's (ie post 1998). I'd like to hear other thoughts. Vincent Moon (talk ) 23:20, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
She's led quite a life, I don't think anything about her is cut and dry. Levin whom she met after her book was published was a liberal supporter of Labour, and Levin was her life's love according to other sources - so clearly there is an honest plausibility to our reliable sources claims. There are also sources which take her first book as a feminist work that established the idea that woman could have it all on distinctly feminine terms reveling in the uniqueness of the sexes, and should not be at war. The first truly liberal post-feminist manifesto if you will. 12.144.158.20 (talk ) 00:41, 29 January 2013 (UTC) There are also quite a few a writer's that question her marriage to a gay uber-wealthy Republican, and her political positions of that time as themselves the sham pointing to the subsequent divorce which enriched her and her near immediate shift to the left. Also, we should not forget (even though it is yet to even be mentioned in her bio here) her spiritual long term and deep quest on the decidedly leftist New Age side. Again, a complex figure. 12.144.158.20 (talk ) 01:04, 29 January 2013 (UTC) She was not liberal when I first heard of her many years ago. After she started appearing on Bill Maher's TV show(s), she eventually became (or at least seemed to become) much more liberal. (Though I am not suggesting cause and effect.)Daqu (talk ) 20:54, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
not a Greek-American [ edit ]
She was born in Greece. She should be described as a "Greek-Born America" or just a Greek and have it mentioned if she became a citizen or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.137.26.82 (talk ) 18:54, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
If somebody born in Greece as a Greek subsequently became a US citizen, how could it possibly be incorrect for her to be called a Greek American? ---Dagme (talk ) 01:37, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
Name [ edit ]
Maybe the subject was born as Arianna Stassinopoulou. But for a very long time she went, at least in the U.S. by the name Arianna Stassinopoulos. This name can be see as the author on the front cover of some of her books, for example http://www.amazon.com/female-woman-Arianna-Stassinopoulos-Huffington/dp/0394491211/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1397233263&sr=8-3&keywords=%22arianna+stassinopoulos%22 .
But the last name "Stassinopoulos" is nowhere to be found in the article itself (though it does occur in two citations at the end). This seems to be certainly worth mentioning somewhere in the article. (And if it is correct that she was born as Stassinopoulou, then whatever reason she altered her last name to be Stassinopoulos also seems worthy of mention.)Daqu (talk ) 16:29, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
In this article as it is now, her maiden name is spelled "Stasinopoulou". It probably should be spelled "Stassinopoulou", as it was on the cover of her book "The Female Woman", but I have not searched for further supporting evidence.2601:646:4101:D5B0:44FA:25EB:E48F:3914 (talk ) 14:18, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
Bibliography Addendum [ edit ]
She also published "The Other Revolution" in 1979. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.77.130 (talk ) 01:00, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
No Huff Post [ edit ]
Why does her page not have a dedicated section to her founding and running The Huffington Post? Seems like a glaring omission. Wildewhitman (talk ) 14:57, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
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Picture in the infobox [ edit ]
Which do the contours of her eyes stand out as whiter than her face? I think we should change it to a more neutral picture.Zigzig20s (talk ) 04:41, 20 March 2017 (UTC)