Michael Bassik

Michael Bassik, an executive with a firm that handles presidential contender John Kerry's online campaigns was allegedly stabbed in New York this past weekend and has been in the hospital since, requiring surgery to his spleen and diaphragm. A co-worker confirmed that Bassik would be out of the hospital probably by the weekend, but that he would be staying in New York rather than traveling home to the D.C. area. Details of any incident causing the injuries could not be confirmed.

Bassik is vice president of Internet Advertising at Malchow Schlackman Hoppey & Cooper (MSHC), a direct mail firm specializing in political accounts. Prior to MSHC, Bassik worked as director of political advertising at AOL.