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This week's Mainstream Media Scream features a new report from the Media Research Center about the revolving door between Team Obama and the news media. The total has now reached 30, with MSNBC's debut of two shows Monday, Ronan Farrow's “Ronan Farrow Daily” and Joy-Ann Reid's “The Reid Report.” Both have toiled for President Obama.
“Ours is a strict ‘revolving door’ list, sticking to those with jobs as reporters, editors, correspondents, anchors, producers or media executives, not those who just have or had roles as ‘contributors’ to news outlets,” said MRC.
The MRC report lists all 30.
“I've tracked the news media-political position revolving door since the Reagan days, and never have I seen so many journalists leave the news media to help advance the cause of a presidential administration by joining it. At least 25 so far, with White House press secretary Jay Carney, who had been Time magazine's Washington Bureau Chief, the poster child,” said Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker.
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Ronan Farrow: From State Department to Twitter legend to MSNBC host (A timeline)
In this 2011 photo released by the United Nations Foundation, Ronan Farrow speaks during the Social Good Summit in New York. (AP/United Nations Foundation/Gary He)
Monday afternoon, 26-year-old Ronan Farrow kicks off his very own news program on MSNBC, “Ronan Farrow Daily.” A couple years ago, you may have only recognized his name if you had an in-depth knowledge of celebrity offspring and human rights advocates. Now, Farrow (the biological son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen — or is it Frank Sinatra?) is everywhere.
Thanks to a talent for being on-camera, a massively public family scandal, and a few skewering tweets that have made him something of a Twitter legend, Farrow has risen through the ranks from child prodigy to State Department employee to major cable news network host. A look at how that happened:
2004: Farrow graduates from Bard College at age 15, the school’s youngest graduate ever. “Boy genius” title cemented.
2006: Already serving as a spokesperson for UNICEF and working on rights issues around the world, he’s also a journalist, and writes a controversial Wall Street Journal piece about Chinese investments and the Darfur conflict. That story shows his expertise in human rights and foreign policy, and he starts appearing on TV as a commentator.
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tomfernandez28's BlogTwo New MSNBC Hosts Bring News Media-Obama Revolving Door to 30
With two political activists, who toiled for Barack Obama, starting hosting duties today with new shows on MSNBC (Ronan Farrow’s 1 PM EST Ronan Farrow Daily and Joy-Ann Reid’s 2 PM EST The Reid Report), the Media Research Center’s list of those revolving between working on behalf of Obama and positions in the news media has reached 30.
(Ours is a strict “revolving door” list, sticking to those with jobs as reporters, editors, correspondents, anchors, producers or media executives, not those who just have or had roles as “contributors” to news outlets. And we’re sticking to those with a direct tie to one of Obama’s campaigns or a position within his administration, so none of the many others in the news media who currently or have in the past put in stints for Democratic officials or even liberal groups which advance Obama’s agenda. For instance, that leaves out Teddy Davis, who in 2010 jumped from ABC News, where he was Deputy Political Director, to the left-wing Service Employees International Union.
Also, not here: Relatives, such as ABC’s Claire Shipman, who is married to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.)
1) David Axelrod: political reporter for the Chicago Tribune, late 1970s-1984 >>> chief strategist for the Obama presidential campaign, 2007-2008; Senior Adviser to the President, 2009-2011; Senior Strategist, Obama-Biden Re-Election Committee, 2011-12 >>> Senior Political Analyst for MSNBC, 2013-
2) Roberta Baskin: former senior investigative producer for the ABC News magazine 20/20, chief investigative correspondent for CBS’s 48 Hours and senior Washington correspondent for PBS’s Now with Bill Moyers >>> Director of Media Communications for the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services, 2009- (2009 Washington Post item)
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