CBS News has hired a new political correspondent, who will be based in Washington, D.C., and will report for all CBS News broadcasts and platforms effective Sunday, April 15. The new hire is Ed O’Keefe, who has reported on congressional and presidential politics for The Washington Post since 2008.
O’Keefe joined CBS News as a contributor in 2017.
O’Keefe’s experience includes reporting on the presidential campaigns of Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Marco Rubio and Donald Trump, along with dozens of key House and Senate races.
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Ed O’Keefe (CBS News)
Moving deck chairs on the Titanic. Until the CBS News braintrust gets rid of little Jeffy Glor (even more boring and clueless than Pelly), CBS will founder. Watch Decades TV’s DAILY REVIEW, when they show old clips of Cronkite, Rather, Mort DEan, Harry Smith, some of the REAL journalists (and adults) who held that axchor desk. It’s the easy way to see why CBS just doesn’t matter any more. Anthony Mason should have been given that anchor chair. It would have preserved the CBS reputation for quality.