Interesting info on new Seattle TV Guy

Doing a little background research on KOMO's new morning man, Patrick Hussion, and noticed he has twice worked for Herring Networks, AKA, One American Network, considered a conservative, even a far-right wing news organization supportive of President Trump. He doesn't even list One America on his linkedin.com resume, instead using the Herring moniker only.

And KOMO's own web story about him joining the team neither mentions that experience or that he was coming from its Sinclair sister station, only that he covered the White House and national politics.

Hmmm.

And did his previous stints there make him attractive for also-conservative Sinclair to hire him first in Asheville and then transfer/promote him to replace Mary Nam at KOMO? Just wondering, not judging him - yet.

https://komonews.com/news/local/

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