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United Airlines Hires Former White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest

Tom Lowry

Photo Credit: United Airlines, who has had its fair share of problems aboard it planes this past year, has hired a former White House press secretary Josh Earnest (pictured) to help with its image. Twitter

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He may have served in one of the most scandal-free administrations in recent White House history, so former press secretary Josh Earnest will be tested in this new role. No CEO has been under fire quite like Oscar Munoz in the past year.

United Airlines, plagued by a series of PR nightmares in the past year, has hired former White House press secretary Josh Earnest to oversee global communications and boost the airline's image. Earnest, who was mostly recently an analyst at MSNBC and NBC News, was President Barack's Obama's press secretary from 2014 to 2016. "Josh is a proven leader and world-class communicati

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