Revolving door: New trend is Obama aides taking top media jobs

Washington Examiner

By Paul Bedard | FEBRUARY 24, 2014 AT 3:50 PM

Ronan Farrow (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images)

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)

• By Emily Yahr

• February 24 at 10:56 am

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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Two New MSNBC Hosts Bring News Media-Obama Revolving Door to 30

Posted by tomfernandez28 on February 25, 2014

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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Greenwald on MSNBC: I Defend Snowden Like You Defend Obama 24 Hours a Day

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Published on Dec 26, 2013

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Things got heated when MSNBC anchor Kristen Welker cited critics who've accused Greenwald of "crossing a line" in his defense of Edward Snowden. "What do you say to your critics who say you've become more of a spokesman for Edward Snowden?" she asked.

"I think that's ludicrous is what I say to that," Greenwald shot back. "Every journalist has an agenda. We're on MSNBC now, where close to 24 hours a day the agenda of President Obama and the Democratic Party are promoted, defended, glorified, the agenda of the Republican Party is undermined. That doesn't mean the people who appear on MSNBC aren't journalists, they are."

He said that every journalist has a "viewpoint" and he doesn't hide the fact that he finds Snowden's decision to expose the NSA's surveillance programs "heroic."

I think the point is not so much about MSNBC and what happens here," Welker said in defense of her employer, "but more that sometimes when you talk about Edward Snowden you do defend him, and some people wonder if that crosses a line."

"Sure, I do defend him just like people on MSNBC defend President Obama and his officials and Democratic Party leaders 24 hours a day." When Welker pushed back that "not everyone on MSNBC does that 24 hours a day," Greenwald conceded that it's "not everybody, but a lot of people do."

After comparing Snowden to figures like Chelsea Manning and Daniel Ellsberg, Greenwald said, "I absolutely do defend what Edward Snowden does and I don't pretend otherwise."

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GLENN GREENWALD TO MSNBC: I'm Defending Snowden Like You Defend Obama '24 Hours A Day'

Brett LoGiurato

Dec. 26, 2013, 3:26 PM 8,169 22

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Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who has been at the forefront of the National Security Agency leaks from Edward Snowden, defended his ties to the former agency contractor on MSNBC Thursday.  Greenwald was asked by MSNBC anchor Kristen Welker to respond to critics that have charged Greenwald has "crossed a line" in defending Snowden and has become a "spokesman" for him.
Greenwald sniped back by blasting the network, charging that its own bias lies within its "24-hour" defense of President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.
"I think that's ludicrous — that's what I say to that," Greenwald said.
"Every journalist has an agenda. We're on MSNBC now, where, close to 24 hours a day, the agenda of President Obama and the Democratic Party are promoted, defended, glorified, [and] the agenda of the Republican Party is undermined. That doesn’t mean that the people who appear on MSNBC aren't journalists — they are."

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Abby Martin Blasts Rachel Maddow for 9/11 Comments ~ Weapons of Mass Distraction

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(BreakingTheSet) – Abby Martin calls out MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, for promoting the notion that violence is rooted in conspiracy theories, while disregarding the importance of questioning official government narratives.