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Running for president have been vying with each other who is going to be the most islamophobic candidate. including saying things about how we treat an ally and making sure that we treat mumbarak with dignity. i dont know whether that meant giving him a gold watch for his services or maybe a job at fox it could be the mumbarak factor. [ laughter ] >> bill: could be the mumbarak factor. um-huh. so thats just stupid. i dont really have to add much to it. correct? >> you know why it doesnt work? be...

Running for president have been vying with each other who is going to be the most islamophobic candidate. including saying things about how we treat an ally and making sure that we treat mumbarak with dignity. i dont know whether that meant giving him a gold watch for his services or maybe a job at fox it could be the mumbarak factor. [ laughter ] >> bill: could be the mumbarak factor. um-huh. so thats just stupid. i dont really have to add much to it. correct? >> you know why it doesnt work? be...

>> bill: 300 million aol paid for. >> im not going going down that road with you. im not there. all im saying is there is only one factor. >> bill: there is only one factor and it is not the mumbarak factor nor will it ever be so unless arianna hires him to blog on the huffington post. pinheads and patriots on deck featuring a high school wrestler who says no to grappling with a girl. poll on chandler. p and p moments away.

Impact, reaching an audience on every imaginable global platform. that was ariana huffington announcing a merger between aol and her website. thats different from what we sawed a few years ago about a merger. and mega corporations have had a deleterious effect. lessening competition, choking off debate and elevating profit over the public good. so, the question is, ariana a sellout? >> and two companies merging? we have more platforms than weve ever had. you can go on the web and go to all diffe...

Personality. "the huffington post" has its own distinct personality. how will being part of a big corporation change that. >> i think she does bring that. she attracts atttion consistently. shes on television all the time. aol has no personality whatsoever in terms of editorial. and this brings a personality to it who manages to bring in some excitement. i dont think thats necessarily not unimportant for them. i mean, you would rather be. if youre tim armstrong, the guy selling aol content and i...

Range. if you look at the financials, its a pretty jus fibl price. i think the loyalty is what "the huffing ton post." it is not about who broke the story in the first place but theres value outside of that. >> mark potts and arianna huffington becoming the editorial director. what does she bring to the company we used to call america online. >> im a big fan of ar yianna b im not sure she brings that much as an editorial brain. i think there are others at "huffington post" who contribute to the ...

Direction is now being settled. im afraid, of course, that were going to in two weeks or three weeks, people will barely remember there was this revolution in egypt. >> or two or three days. that is the challenge for journalist. thanks very much for joining us. when we come back, aols big bet, what is buying "the huffing tonpost" mean for the very liberal site. [ wind howling ]

Rather than an opinion company and with aol she wants toed middle line. there are people who like the left leaning, if they feel it has been drifting more towards the center, it wont be the same product for them. >> go ahead. >> shes been attacking the obama administration, one of the most prominent critics in the past year. she does what she feels like. i dont think -- she likes to say shes not left or right. shes obviously more left leaning, but she likes to do whats interesting and dramatic. ...

Not only is olbermann going to be the staff of current tv, hes going be the chief news editor. does that brand it as a left wing outfit. >> i think it might. this break-up struck me as a rebound thing, you cant be single for long, you have to jump into a relationship with the next big thing. if you look at what current tv is, its a young network, mtv meets npr, kind of cool, no avertly political. this makes it overtly political. it makes it a little bit less cool but im not the targeted audience...

2012 campaign and that kind of thing. and voice is incredibly important online, the reason why people come back. the other reason is tim armstrong was buying technology "the huffington post" is a incredibly sew fisty indicated technology company. >> mark potts was a well deserved representation as being on the left. it was founded in order to be on the left. most of the columnists are liberal. most of the lawmakers who have posts are democrats. arianna told me this week, she wants to move beyond...