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- In recent decades, there's been a very visible pipeline from politics to the media industry.
- Some critics have pushed backed against former political figures migrating to major news networks.
- But several key figures have successfully made the jump, becoming staples of TV news.
In recent decades, the politics-to-media pipeline has become an enduring phenomenon, with former party leaders and communications gurus using their previous gigs to become well-compensated hosts and pundits on network news programs.