John Harwood Hired At NYT... Are These Bad Times To Be A WSJ Pundit On CNBC?

The New York Times has a high profile new writer in Washington: John Harwood of CNBC.

Yes, the same John Harwood who has been writing the “Washington Wire” column in the WSJ for years.

Harwood’s hire was announced on Monday night—putting an end to a concerted effort by the Rupe‘d up Wall Street Journal to lure Harwood over to their paper permanently. Why did Harwood go with the NYT instead of the WSJ? Bring on the baseball metaphors! In an interview with Politico.com,

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