While CNN has hired a fleet of new political reporters to beef up its coverage of these elections [2016], it also maintains a huge stable of paid pundits. [Donna] Brazile was on the air and the payroll at CNN while vice chairwoman of the party. She took an absence when she became chief.
![While CNN has hired a fleet of new political reporters to beef up its coverage of these elections [2016], it also maintains a huge stable of paid pundits. [Donna] Brazile was on the air and the payroll at CNN while vice](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/donna-brazile/while-cnn-has-hired-a-fleet-of-new-political-reporters-to-beef-up-its-coverage-of-these-elections-2016-it.jpg)