Because the pro-Hillary, pro-Democrat position is not advocated for enough on CNN, they’ve added former Obama hack David Axelrod to the team:
Thrilled to announce that @DavidAxelrod is joining @CNN as a #CNNPolitics contributor. A fantastic addition to our political team.
— Sam Feist (@SamFeistCNN) September 3, 2015
Thrilled to join excellent CNN team as senior political commentator.'16 race already fascinating. No better forum to talk about big stories!
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) September 3, 2015
Everyone is “thrilled”!
But as Howard Kurtz points out, this means Axelrod is leaving left-leaning MSNBC:
David Axelrod jumps from MSNBC to CNN, which is signing up a whole bunch of political players and pundits for '16
— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) September 3, 2015
More from Politico:
Axelrod, a former reporter himself, had initially joined MSNBC as a senior political analyst not long after leaving the White House in early 2013. He is the founder of consulting firm AKPD and is currently the director of the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics.
Will the last one to leave MSNBC kindly turn the lights off? Many thanks!
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