Mike Barnicle

Mike Barnicle is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist, and social and political commentator. He is a regular contributor on MSNBC's popular Morning Joe program, and often comments on television and in print about the news of the day. Mike Barnicle has written more than 4,000 newspaper columns, and continues to write for The Daily Beast, TIME, The Huffington Post, Politico, Esquire, and others.

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Jan 04, 2017

Wikileaks Tweets

As the Morning Joe panel discusses President-elect Donald Trump’s recent tweets disparaging the intelligence community, including one tweet where he supports Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s claim that the Russian government was not the source of hacked Democratic campaign emails, senior contributor Mike Barnicle says: “First of all, you’re not going to believe everything that Julian Assange says. The key element is…what it does to the professionalism and moral of the intelligence gathering community. What do Donald Trump’s tweets mean to that community? A president cannot deal in gossip and rumor…. He needs to have the briefings. He’s got to have professional material presented to him.” Listen to more on the topic here.

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Mike Barnicle is a veteran print and broadcast journalist recognized for his street-smart, straightforward style honed over nearly four decades in the field. The Massachusetts native has written 4,000-plus columns collectively for The Boston Globe, Boston Herald and the New York Daily News, and continues to champion the struggles and triumphs of the every man by giving voice to the essential stories of today on television, radio, and in print.

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