PERSON: Mike Barnicle

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Michael "Mike" Barnicle (born October 15, 1943) is an American print and broadcast journalist as well as a social and political commentator. He is a frequent contributor and occasional guest host on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and "Hardball with Chris Matthews," and is also seen on NBC's "Today Show" with news/feature segments. He has been a regular contributor to the local television news magazine, "Chronicle" on WCVB-TV, since 1986. Barnicle has also appeared on the PBS "NewsHour," CBS's "60 Minutes," ESPN, and HBO sports programming.

The Massachusetts native has written more than 4,000 columns collectively for the New York Daily News (1999–2005), Boston Herald (2004–2005 and occasionally contributing from 2006-2010), and The Boston Globe, where he rose to prominence with columns about Boston's working and middle classes. He also has written articles and commentary for Time magazine, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, ESPN Magazine, and Esquire, among others.