Howard Fineman Dies: Journalist And TV Political Analyst Was 75
12.06.2024 - 19:01
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Howard Fineman, the journalist, columnist and television commentator known for his keen insight and analysis on all things politics, has died at age 75.
Fineman passed away on Tuesday night after a longtime battle with pancreatic cancer, his wife, Amy Nathan, wrote on his X/Twitter social media account.
Fineman was a ubiquitous presence as an analyst and commentator on NBC News and MSNBC, supplementing his longtime career at Newsweek, at a time when the newsmagazine was at its zenith in influence.
At Newsweek, he was the publication’s political correspondent, senior editor and deputy bureau chief, and also penned a regular political column, an insider’s take that often took on a campaign’s preferred narrative. His work included numerous cover stories, including President George W. Bush’s first extensive interview after 9/11 and another cover story, “Bush and God“, was part of a package that won a National Magazine Award.
After The Washington Post announced the sale of Newsweek, he joined The Huffington Post as global editorial director, reflecting journalism’s shift toward digital.
Fineman also was a regular panelist on Washington Week in Review on PBS from 1983 to 1995, and on CNN’s The Capital Gang Sunday from 1995 to 1998.
Fineman continued to publish commentaries and provide political analysis in recent years. A piece in The New York Times in 2018 reflected on the shooting massacre of the Tree of Life synagogue, where he went as a child growing up in Pittsburgh.
He wrote, “My response is grief, of course, and the immediate realization that this horror is part of a larger pattern of mayhem and hatred in America and around the world. Churches, minority communities, gay nightclubs, politicians and journalists are