Talk:Arianna Huffington/Archive 1

California Recall "Debacle"?
I mean, I agree that it was nonsense but... a debacle? I'm not sure that would be the most objective way to describe it. How about... "Incident"? "Fracas"? Or you could just go all the way, call it the "West Coast Clusterfuck." - Aaronjsussman 01:35, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Accents

 * Although Huffington is Greek, she writes only in English. She still has a strong Greek accent.

I don't know this is a weak attempt at humor or what have you, but to me, this line sounds really dumb. Whoever wrote this doesn't realize that almost all foreign nationals who move to the USA learn English. They may not write and/or speak English as perfectly as a native born speaker might...

Sometimes I feel with edits such as these that the Slashdot mentality has invaded the 'pedia... hoshie


 * ... and that Americans living abroad, when they bother to learn the local language, also speak with a "strong" accent... -- Viajero 12:13, 15 Aug 2003 (UTC)

- I would say her accent is noteworthy. Not because she has one, which many people do but because she is known for it. 24.207.226.140 (talk) 12:34, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Spiritual beliefs
No mention of her spiritual beliefs (indeed, the MISA is, so far as I can tell, completely absent from Wikipedia). It's not important, but it is what I looked her up to look for. --Calieber 17:09, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Levin and Huffington - sources
I read somewhere that before her marriage she had a long-term relationship with Bernard Levin. Is this true? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 16:27, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * Answering my own question, and citing sources for my last edit: Numerous sources put the year of her wedding to Mike Huffington as 1986 (SF Chronicle).  In her article on Levin in The Sunday Times (August 15 2004, section 5, page 1-2) she says she met and began dating Levin in 1971, lived with him for a period (she doesn't say how long, but I think a number of years), and left him in 1980 to move to the US (partly, she says, because he wouldn't marry her). In that article she calls Levin "the big love of my life" (2nd col) -- Finlay McWalter |  Talk 23:32, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

NPOV Compliance: Gas-Guzzler
TreyHarris, I do agree Hummers are gas-guzzlers, but the very term is biased and therefore inappropriate to use when write with a NPOV

In reply to: TreyHarris(revert -- loosen up, if a Hummer isn't "gas-guzzling", what possibly could be?) --Lzygenius 09:11, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

User:Firmitas edits
Yes, I reverted these (twice) because they clearly violate WP:NPOV (putting "gay" in the section title, the word "flip flop", etc). This user is causing trouble at the Truthiness page and thus I don't assume much good faith here either. -Jcbarr 18:44, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

I resent I am causing trouble. If gay and flip flop needs to be ommited then let be so. But to revert the whole page? Ludicruous.

It is clear that some people have alterior motives--guided by political bias. Look at your JcBarr biography:

I volunteered for John Edwards in 2004 primaries - you could have seen me open the door for him at the Virgian J-J dinner (where Elizabeth touched the arm of my coat!)

I watched Bill Clinton, Hillary, Al, Tipper, and Jimmy Carter build a Habitat house in Atlanta during the Republican National Convention of 1992 (and got autographs from the middle 3).

No wonder he wants to protect Huffingtion.

Recent reverts
It is clear that some people have alterior motives--guided by political bias. Look at your JcBarr biography:

I volunteered for John Edwards in 2004 primaries - you could have seen me open the door for him at the Virgian J-J dinner (where Elizabeth touched the arm of my coat!)

I watched Bill Clinton, Hillary, Al, Tipper, and Jimmy Carter build a Habitat house in Atlanta during the Republican National Convention of 1992 (and got autographs from the middle 3).

No wonder he wants to change my revisions. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Firmitas (talk • contribs).


 * I couldn't care less about Huffington. Never been to her blog, never seen her on TV before last night.  You're the one who made changes to the accepted article, introducing a point of view ("cult?", "plagarism"). I care much much more about Wikipedia's good name than I do about introducing POV to support Ms. Huffington. -Jcbarr 18:53, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Firmitas, let's discuss the substance of the changes to the article instead of personalities, please. The former would be much more productive. Thank you. Gamaliel 18:55, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

I am not attacking JC personally. For all I know he could be a nice guy: he volunteers a lot. However, it is clear that he has a bias. I will welcome to discuss my changes point by point, in good faith and reason.

Cult: the ensuing passage is about wether her spirituality was actually a cult?

Sorry I am learning Firmitas 19:05, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Plagiarism: She was accused of that in the article Firmitas 19:01, 2 March 2006 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Firmitas (talk • contribs).


 * Firmitas, you can sign your posts by adding four tidles (~) to the end of them. It will add your user name and the date. Gamaliel 19:03, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Ridiculous
I enjoy watching the Colbert Report, it's a great show. However do you not see how ridiculous all of this is and how easily this encyclopedia is being manipulated? Two celebrities mention wikipedia on TV and suddenly there are more than 100 edits across three pages in the span of one evening? If Huffington had come on TV and said that the American Heritage Dictionary said Colbert didn't invent the word "truthiness" and he responded by saying "fuck them", do you think there would even be more than a passing mention here? For a supposedly neutral encyclopedia, everyone sure gets excited by a little bit of press. Wikipedia is not a sports team; let's stop basking in the glow of reflected glory and move on. S e  miconscious  •  talk  19:46, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Should I add this?
Recently, Arianna Huffington appeared at Pierce College (the Puyallup Campus) and gave a speech and did a book signing. Should this be mentioned, perhaps under a section called "recently"? Just a suggestion. Dante the Bard 04:30, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

GEORGE CLOONEY CENSORSHIP
This is outragous a whole mention of the Huffington Report and no mention of the George Clooney scandal? Talk about big brother. Huffington actually took quotations of past Clooney interview spliced them together and made into a blog. Clearly unethical. And even after being caught she has the brazen gall to state there is nothing wrong with it? Disgusting. What is the point of Wikipedia if it is going to be so brazenly biased. Firmitas 21:03, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Why don't you add it then?Jacknife737 20:21, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

It was reverted 66.212.199.222 02:25, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Media attention?
Why is it I always edit these articles that attract POV? Ah well. I've removed the following line: because it just seemed biased to me. Perhaps some do wonder this, but really. She receives media coverage because ... wait for it ... she's a nationally syndicated columnist! They make money by covering her. And of course her showing was 'abysmal' -- she wasn't even in the race. No need to point out that very few voted for someone not in the race, is there? In fact, it's rather surprising %0.6 did -- were they not paying attention, trying to make a point, what?Eaglizard 07:10, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * " Her abysmal showing in the recall election made many wonder why she recieves so much media coverage, given that she seems to have no tangible political following to speak of."

Bisexual Republican??
OK, is it just me, or should this title be "Marriage" and not "Marriage to a Bisexual Republican"? Of course the article states that she was, in fact, married to a bisexual republican but the significance of the period of her life is that she was married, not that the man that she was married to was a bisexual republican. It sounds a lot more tabloid-styled than encyclopedic. If no one objects, I'll change it myself in the next couple of days. Mdanziger 05:56, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't agree. Bisexual Republican is more informative.Firmitas

Well, since this was last discussed, it looks like this section has evolved into a short bio, rather than a discourse on her marriage. I'm changing it to Eary Life Lesssthan 09:03, 4 August 2007 (UTC) ...and it got changed back, so I changed it again. If you have a legitimate reason for changing this, put the reason in here. Otherwise you are just being a troll with an axe to grind. Lesssthan 07:58, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Recent Article/Interview with interesting points.
This appeared in the Observer Newspaper (UK) yesterday:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,1965689,00.html

It raises a number of interesting points:


 * How she uses her accent to her advantage. I would argue something maybe needs to be said about that or possibly quote this "At pretty much any public appearance, she rapidly disarms the crowd with a self-mocking reference to her accent." from the article.


 * The article indicates her parents seperation and how that had effect on her in later life - it might be something worth-while mentioning this in the 'Personal Life' section.


 * I think there is a strong case for a seperate section on her writing career (as opposed to her political career and that of a social networker?). The Female Woman as a response to Greer and the present self-help guide seem to to sell in large numbers.


 * The Cambridge education can probably be augmented with the quote: 'I got my education in speaking out at Cambridge, at the Union. It is where I discovered both my heart and my mind. I learned how to argue.'


 * The names of her two daughters is Christina and Isabella, the former seems to appear in the media - it might be worth mentioning this in the 'Personal Life' section?


 * Advocacy for the use a new media is quite prevelant throughout the article. It might be worth considering putting that in the radio and new media section. IMHO there might be need for a subsection in that dealing with controversies.

(Karst 21:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC))

Poor wording in the Personal Life section?
I noticed that in the Personal life section it states: "The couple divorced in 1997, after he narrowly lost the 1994 race for the U.S. Senate seat from California to incumbent Dianne Feinstein." I may just be misunderstanding something, but I don't see the correlation between the divorce and the lost Senate race in 1994. Are these related in some way, with one of the dates being possible incorrect, or are these two individual statements. If the divorce wasn't related to the lost Senate race, I don't think the two things should be in a single statement. Being that they are together in a single sentence, it makes them seem connected. Also, even if the divorce was related to the election results, it seems to be worded poorly, being that it was 3 years later, so "after" doesn't seem to be the correct word. Mmenolas 03:21, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

How is it possible that Arianna Huffington fled from the Nazis as a child if she wasn´t born until 1950?

Hiding from the nazis
How can somebody born after WWII could have been hiding from the nazis in her infancy? This does not make sense. David.Monniaux 17:22, 12 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Not just infancy. Says she was born in 1950. If my high school history teacher was right, Europe was de-nazified in 1945. Makrandjoshi 21:02, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Nazis still exist in Europe and all over the world. After WWII their numbers became almost non existant but they still exist. --71.96.78.179 (talk) 01:07, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, Neo-Nazi's do exist in Greece. Luckily, they are pretty small.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.51.72.144 (talk) 00:00, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

nationality
The article describes Huffington as Greek, and the national flag in the info box also indicates that she is Greek. However, would it have been possible for her as a non-US citizen to run as candidate for the office of governor in California? 193.170.52.125 11:21, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


 * This is a salient point. Firmitas


 * I see we have forgotten about Schwarzenegger, not only a past candidate but current governor. From Greece does not mean she has not been awarded citizenship. 66.212.199.222 02:27, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * A little off topic...but for some reason I thought I read somewhere one of her parents was Russian. If there is any truth to that, I think it's worth mentioning.

Also, what does is "(neé Georgiadi)"? In context:"Arianna Huffington was born in Greece to Konstantinos (a journalist and management consultant) and Elli (neé Georgiadi) Stassinopoulos." Is that an occupation, like the parentheses after Konstantinos or is it a maiden name, or something else? Its a little confusing to me and might be to others too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.82.9.87 (talk) 07:57, 22 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I have seen the term "nee" when referencing a maiden name. So, her mother was Elli Georgiadi until she married Konstantinos Stassinopoulos, according to the referenced line.

The 1967 to 1974 Military Junta in Greece
I remember widespread press coverage of Arrianna Huffington's relationship with this dictatorship. Surely this should be included in a ballanced account of her political journey. 09:40, 4 July 2008 (UTC)Pugo (talk)

Spirituality
IMHO this is almost meaningless: "Huffington has said that she embraces spirituality." Source cited does not contain any wording of this sort as far as I can see (i.e., this looks like synthesis/OR/opinion). Deleted. -- 201.53.7.16 (talk) 18:08, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Respected writers?
Regarding the standards of serious academic philosophy (as well as theology and anthropology), the following statement should be altered or deleted: "The Huffington Post,[sic!] has three of the world's most respected writers on atheism as contributors: Sam Harris (The End of Faith); Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion); Christopher Hitchens (God is not Great)." Neither Harris, nor Dawkins or Hitchens can dispassionatly be described to belong to the "world's most respected writers on atheism", since none of them (not even Harris) has ever written anything philosophical, theological oder anthropological on the subject considered important, let alone original. Instead, all three have published popular books as part of the 'anglo-saxon' culture war concering religion, faith and politics, which - from a political point of view - might be respectable too. Writers who could be justly described as some of the "world's most respected" can be found - for example - at the end of wikipedia's article 'Philosophy of religion'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.160.82.114 (talk) 20:33, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

It should also be noted that none of those three people are regular contributors to huffingtonpost. She has not published a column by any of the three for over a year97.91.175.129 (talk) 05:29, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Needs to be rewritten
This article leaves much to be desired and should probably be rewritten to unbiased standards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vivianrn (talk • contribs) 04:55, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

so she campaigned for her husband as a republican and turned into a flaming libturd? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.198.134.53 (talk) 15:48, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

How can Nationality and Citizenship differ?
In the Infobox, Her Nationality is Greek American then her Citizenship status is American. How can that happen? -- An d Re w 21:59, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Aggregation and SEO controversy
The controversy/debated about Huffington's reliance on aggregation and SEO is central to the story of her professional career and business model. It is in virtually every article written about her and the AOL merger. Yet one single contributor to this site-- deletes everything written about it. Apparenrely, they delete anything whatsoever critical of Arianna and don't contribute to Wikipedia about anything else.

James Rainey is a reputable media critic for the LA Times. And Bill Keller is editor of the New York Times! Their comments and criticisms are not "nonsense" not to be considered and deleted.

Arianna Huffington's defender here-- who wants this Wikipedia page to be an advbvertorial for her-- can include comments from people defending Huffington-- but not delete any discussion of this. As things stand, there is a response form Arianna in the section about these issues. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Floowersforargenon (talk • contribs) 04:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Too many EL's?
Per WP:EL, does there seem to be many external links in this article? --BwB (talk) 11:28, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Huffington Report and bias
The article now states: "She founded and writes for The Huffington Post which has a strong liberal bias in order to counter neo-conservative bias." First, I don't know why it has to be explained that it is liberally biased to counter neo-conservative bias. Why not just say it is left leaning? Second, what exactly is neo-con biased that they are countering? The media? The Gov? The blogosphere? And are they opposed to neo-conservative "bias", or just opposed to neo-conservative principles? -anon

I think the answer is Rush Limbaugh. -anon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.82.162.44 (talk) 00:35, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Maiden name
The only sites I can find writing her Greek name as Αριάννα Στασσινόπουλος are copies of this article. On the other hand, I found plenty of Greek-language sites using the name Αριάννα Στασινοπούλου. DHN (talk) 05:58, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Why then was she known as 'Stas(s)inopoulos' in English and not 'Stasinopoulou'? Rothorpe (talk) 16:18, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Is the Greek form feminine, perhaps? Rothorpe (talk) 03:19, 9 January 2012 (UTC) Yes: Greek names. Rothorpe (talk) 01:41, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

"USCC Greek of the Year"
I added "citation needed" to the Awards section. I can't find anything on the US Chamber of Commerce or anything outside of personal blogs or Wikipedia clones claiming the existence of a "Greek of the Year" award. Does this bizarre conferment actually exist? --204.210.244.48 (talk) 02:30, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

This weird sounding award drew my attention as well. It looks to me like there was a piece of vandalism back in February, which attributed a "Greek Slut of the Year" award - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arianna_Huffington&oldid=412828222. Someone then recognised that this was vandalism, but assumed the vandalism related just to the word "Slut", rather than the award as a whole, and removed that word only - the next earlier version of the article seems to have no mention of the award at all: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arianna_Huffington&oldid=412802958. I didn't want to remove the section myself, in case this reconstruction didn't seem plausible to others, but I'd suggest we can probably remove the whole section: the US Chamber of Commerce website search engine produces only three links when searching the word "Greek", and this isn't one of them - and would seem an implausible and offensive sort of award... N. Pepperell (talk) 10:13, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Born in Greece?
She is not a Greek American. Trueethnic (talk) 06:06, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

That's a very strange thing to say. She was born in Greece and she's an American citizen and resident. Could you elaborate?Marzolian (talk) 22:46, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

When and why did she move to the USA?
There's something missing. The article mentions her birthplace, then her studies in England, then all of a sudden she's a political candidate in the USA. Can someone fill in the gaps?Marzolian (talk) 22:49, 30 May 2011 (UTC) Not only that, it's oddly unbalanced (in form, I'm not talking about the politics) and very USA-centred, with her recent American career highs/lows mentioned near the top and her earlier career in the UK relegated towards the end. The BBC TV career & the relationship with Levin are mentioned so late on as to seem like afterthoughts. It reads very badly.Costesseyboy (talk) 21:45, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Stopping the recall?
RE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianna_Huffington#California_recall_election_participation, yes, she did withdraw. But did she also try to "stop the recall"? Rammer (talk) 14:53, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and MSIA
Huffington was a devotee of the rather famous "Osho" Numerous references are easily found:1,2,3.
 * Huffington was also a member of another famous cult, the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, also known as MSIA and said by this reference to be pronounced "Messiah": 1,2,http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/beauty-and-the-blog-rolling-stones-2006-feature-on-arianna-huffington-20110207?page=3. The Rolling Stone article noted that the Cult Awareness Network rates MSIA as "Destructive", its most critical and highest category for ranking.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.144.158.9 (talk) 22:26, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Here are some more references:1,2,3....12.144.158.20 (talk) 18:24, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Ex spouse says he is bi sexual
Was this some big deal? This happened after the divorce so I would keep this in the ex husbands bio unless there is more to the story here. --Malerooster (talk) 14:34, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Yep, it sure was a big deal at the time, especially in light of the fact that her spouse made many anti-gay statements during his senatorial campaign against Feinstein in 1994. I notice that this article mentions his campaign against Feinstein in 1994. You don't object to that, although it pertains to him (by your standards), not her. His coming out as bisexual does belong in the article. I don't understand your wish to sanitize this article of any fact that pertains to her ex-husband. Chisme (talk) 22:15, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
 * The two were married at the time of his campaign. I don't want to sanitize the article of anything. I would leave the details of his sexuality to his article since that happened after they were divorced, that's all. --Malerooster (talk) 23:53, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

A Liberal Democrat?
I don't think the sources provided are enough to prove Huffington was a "liberal Democrat." Her first book was against the Women's Liberation Movement, not a liberal argument to make, and certainly a conservative one. She wrote for the National Review (the flagship conservative magazine) in the 1980's. Throughout the 90's she was a "Republican Barbie" and was on panels as the token Republican/ right-winger. The two sources cited include these quotes. From the Mother Jones article, which you can read here:, says "Arianna, on the other hand, wants to live in the White House, or so they say. I was blown away by reports that she'd "made plays" for Jerry Brown and was once a "liberal Democrat." That's hearsay at best, and the person writing the article doesn't say "she was a liberal Democrat" but actually sounds skeptical of the claim. The other source, from "The Importance of Being Famous" (link: ) includes an unsourced quote: "'She very much wanted Jerry [Brown]. She was a liberal Democrat then,' says a close friend at the time."

If there are any primary sources - her articles, or interviews, or something, I am very willing to concede she was liberal or a Democrat. But the 8 page 1998 New Yorker profile gives no mention of it, and her actions seem to indicate she had always been a conservative until at least the late 90's (ie post 1998). I'd like to hear other thoughts. Vincent Moon (talk) 23:20, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * She's led quite a life, I don't think anything about her is cut and dry. Levin whom she met after her book was published was a liberal supporter of Labour, and Levin was her life's love according to other sources - so clearly there is an honest plausibility to our reliable sources claims. There are also sources which take her first book as a feminist work that established the idea that woman could have it all on distinctly feminine terms reveling in the uniqueness of the sexes, and should not be at war. The first truly liberal post-feminist manifesto if you will. 12.144.158.20 (talk) 00:41, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * There are also quite a few a writer's that question her marriage to a gay uber-wealthy Republican, and her political positions of that time as themselves the sham pointing to the subsequent divorce which enriched her and her near immediate shift to the left. Also, we should not forget (even though it is yet to even be mentioned in her bio here) her spiritual long term and deep quest on the decidedly leftist New Age side. Again, a complex figure. 12.144.158.20 (talk) 01:04, 29 January 2013 (UTC)


 * She was not liberal when I first heard of her many years ago. After she started appearing on Bill Maher's TV show(s), she eventually became (or at least seemed to become) much more liberal.  (Though I am not suggesting cause and effect.)Daqu (talk) 20:54, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Text added by anon
At 17:59, 22 August 2005 PDT, replaced this talk page with the following text:

Arianna Huffington is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of ten books. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was sixteen and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in Economics. At twenty-one she became President of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union.

In 2003, she ran for governor as an Independent in California's recall election. Her populist grassroots campaign was widely praised for putting the media spotlight on the corrupting influence of special interest money on American politics.

Her first book, The Female Woman, on the changing roles of women, was published in 1974 by Random House and translated into eleven languages. In 1978 she published After Reason, a book on political leadership and the intersection of politics and culture. Her biography of Maria Callas: The Woman Behind the Legend, published in 1981 quickly became an international bestseller. Her fourth book, The Gods of Greece, celebrated the power of myths as guides to forgotten dimensions of life and ourselves, and has been republished by Atlantic Monthly Press, with paintings by Francoise Gilot.

Her biography of Pablo Picasso, Picasso: Creator and Destroyer, published in 1988, was a major international bestseller, translated into sixteen languages. The book was reissued by Avon Books to coincide with the release of a feature film based on the book, produced by Merchant-Ivory for Warner Bros. and starring Anthony Hopkins as Picasso. In 1994, she published The Fourth Instinct on the longing for meaning in a secular world. Her seventh book, Greetings From the Lincoln Bedroom, a book of political satire, was published in 1998 by Crown. How To Overthrow The Government, on the corruption of our political system and the need for reform, was published in 2000 by Regan Books (Harper Collins).

Her New York Times bestseller, "Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption are Undermining America", was published in 2003. Her latest book, "Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America" (April 2004), offers both a scathing portrait of our contemporary political landscape and a bold, inspiring, yet practical approach to restoring America to the promise envisioned by our greatest leaders.

During Campaign '96, Arianna teamed up with Al Franken to provide political coverage for Comedy Central during the Republican and Democratic conventions, as well as on election night. She and Franken also appeared in a point-counterpoint segment, Strange Bedfellows, for Politically Incorrect.

She has made guest appearances on numerous other shows, including Larry King Live, Oprah, Nightline, Inside Politics, Charlie Rose, Crossfire, Hardball, Good Morning America, the Today Show, The McLaughlin Group, and The O'Reilly Factor.

She serves on several boards that promote community solutions to social problems, including A Place Called Home that works with at-risk children in South Central Los Angeles. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Archer School for Girls, the advisory board of the Council on American Politics at George Washington University, and the board of the Reform Institute that works on campaign and election reform issues.

Arianna Huffington lives in Los Angeles with her two daughters.


 * Would anon happen to be the subject of this article, by any chance? Or maybe her publicist?  Sure sounds like it.Daqu (talk) 20:58, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Bibliography Addendum
She also published "The Other Revolution" in 1979. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.77.130 (talk) 01:00, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

not a Greek-American
She was born in Greece. She should be described as a "Greek-Born America" or just a Greek and have it mentioned if she became a citizen or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.137.26.82 (talk) 18:54, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

If somebody born in Greece as a Greek subsequently became a US citizen, how could it possibly be incorrect for her to be called a Greek American? ---Dagme (talk) 01:37, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Name
Maybe the subject was born as Arianna Stassinopoulou. But for a very long time she went, at least in the U.S., by the name Arianna Stassinopoulos. This name can be see as the author on the front cover of some of her books, for example http://www.amazon.com/female-woman-Arianna-Stassinopoulos-Huffington/dp/0394491211/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1397233263&sr=8-3&keywords=%22arianna+stassinopoulos%22.

But the last name "Stassinopoulos" is nowhere to be found in the article itself (though it does occur in two citations at the end). This seems to be certainly worth mentioning somewhere in the article. (And if it is correct that she was born as Stassinopoulou, then whatever reason she altered her last name to be Stassinopoulos also seems worthy of mention.)Daqu (talk) 16:29, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

In this article as it is now, her maiden name is spelled "Stasinopoulou". It probably should be spelled "Stassinopoulou", as it was on the cover of her book "The Female Woman", but I have not searched for further supporting evidence.2601:646:4101:D5B0:44FA:25EB:E48F:3914 (talk) 14:18, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

No Huff Post
Why does her page not have a dedicated section to her founding and running The Huffington Post? Seems like a glaring omission. Wildewhitman (talk) 14:57, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Spam?
I'm trying to figure out if talking about spam from Huffington could be done with a neutral POV.

Ideological change
During her appearance on the Colbert Report, she credited Al Franken with changing her views. Added this to the appropriate section.