Making a move from journalism to politics and back

December 20, 2010 06:04 PM

With the return of Ramsay Wharton to the mainstream mega-conglomerate Hawaii News Now, Hawaii blogger Ian Lind proposes a few questions: “Should mainstream media be a revolving door? Can you successfully put the political genie back into the bottle?”

Wharton ran unsuccessfully for the 2nd Congressional District seat as a conservative Republican to challenge Congresswoman Mazie Hirono. Wharton lost to John Willoughby in the Republican primary by just 212 votes.