Hillary Clinton’s former deputy press secretary and DNC spokesperson Karen Finney has found a new way to expose the “lies, misinformation, and vitriol from conservative media.” Politico reports that Finney has now joined the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America as a consultant and senior fellow.
Finney, who left MSNBC earlier this month, "will write regular commentary pieces for Media Matters in addition to continuing her independent consultancy and other projects," according to a forthcoming news release.
"Media Matters does indispensable work exposing lies, misinformation, and vitriol from conservative media. I'm thrilled to be working with them," Finney said in a statement.
Finney formerly worked in the Clinton White House and on Hillary Clinton’s first New York Senate race and was the first African-American spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee. She became an MSNBC commentator and guest host in 2009 and hosted her own weekend program from June 2013 to June 2014. She is now a freelance commentator.
Media Matters founder David Brock is thrilled with the hire, saying her “extensive background in political and communications strategy” will be “crucial” to the organization as it strives to “look for new ways to push back on misinformation from the right."

