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" }); </script>  <h1>MSNBC, a bastion of Obama advocates? </h1>   <div class="cnn_stryathrtmp"> <div class="cnnByline">By <strong>Howard Kurtz</strong>, CNN</div> <div class="cnn_strytmstmp">updated 7:54 AM EST, Thu February 21, 2013</div> </div>  <div class="cnn_strycntntlft">  <div class="cnn_stryimg640captioned"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130220175641-kurtz-axelrod-gibbs-story-top.jpg" alt="Senior adviser David Axelrod, left, with press secretary Robert Gibbs on December 22, 2010. " border="0" height="360" width="640"/></div> <div class="cnn_stryimg640caption"><div class="cnn_strycaptiontxt">Senior adviser David Axelrod, left, with press secretary Robert Gibbs on December 22, 2010. </div></div> <a name="em0"></a> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr"> <div><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS</strong></div> <ul class="cnn_bulletbin cnnStryHghLght">  <li>David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs will become pundits for MSNBC</li> <li>Howard Kurtz: Is NBC's cable channel turning into an Obama administration in exile? </li> <li>He says MSNBC didn't start this, Fox News did when it served as a platform for Bush officials</li> <li>Kurtz: As advocates for Obama, it might be tough for Axelrod and Gibbs to show independence</li>  </ul> </div></div>  <p class="cnnEditorialNote"><em><strong>Editor's note:</strong> Howard Kurtz is the host of CNN's "Reliable Sources" and is Newsweek's Washington bureau chief. He is also a contributor to the website <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004/http://daily-download.com/" target="_blank">Daily Download</a>.</em></p> <p><strong>(CNN)</strong> -- David Axelrod is a smart guy who knows a heck of a lot about politics and the press.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2">Robert Gibbs is also a smart guy who knows a heck of a lot about politics and the press.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3">They will now be dispensing their wisdom as paid contributors at MSNBC, and I'll be interested in what they have to say.</p> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_strylccimg214"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121024124118-howard-kurtz-left-tease.jpg" alt="Howard Kurtz" border="0" class="box-image" height="122" width="214"/> <div>Howard Kurtz</div> </div></div> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4">But I have to ask: Is NBC's cable channel turning into an Obama administration in exile?</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5">It's hardly a news flash that MSNBC long ago decided to be cable's liberal bastion, a left-wing counterweight to Fox News. But the more the studios are populated with people who worked for the president, the more the network may seem like an off-campus adjunct of the West Wing.</p> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"> <div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_stryfactbox"> <div class="cnn_strycorrheader"><b>Become a fan of CNNOpinion</b></div> Stay up to date on the latest opinion, analysis and conversations through social media. Join us at <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004/https://www.facebook.com/CNNOpinion" target="_blank">Facebook/CNNOpinion</a></strong> and follow us <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004/https://twitter.com/CNNOpinion" target="_blank">@CNNOpinion on Twitter</a></strong>. We welcome your ideas and comments. <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <div class="cnn_pad20top"></div> </div></div> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6">To be sure, MSNBC was already packed with former Democratic presidential candidates, from Al Sharpton to Howard Dean. Former party chairman and Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell has also become a fixture, as well as former party spokeswoman Karen Finney.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004/http://daily-download.com/lauren-ashburnhoward-kurtz-fox-news-hiring-disgraced-herman-cain/" target="_blank">Watch: Should Fox News have hired tarnished candidate Herman Cain?</a></strong></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8">But now that the president is into his second term, there is a growing band of alumni available for pundit duty. Jared Bernstein went from Joe Biden's chief economist to MSNBC talking head. Now the former senior adviser and former press secretary will be holding forth on their former boss.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9">Occasionally, the liberals on MSNBC criticize Obama from the left. The network's few conservative commentators, such as former Republican Party chairman Michael Steele, take aim from the right. But isn't that going to be considerably harder for Axelrod and Gibbs, who have devoted their lives to this president?</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10">Gibbs tells me he sees his job "as a political analyst and as someone who has been in the room during important meetings and when big decisions are made who can convey what that's like to viewers. I don't see it either as being a cheerleader for the president or as a spokesman for the administration's point of view."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004/http://daily-download.com/lauren-ashburnhoward-kurtz-mark-sanford-launches-post-affair-blitz-forgiveness/" target="_blank">Watch: Mark Sanford launches post-affair forgiveness tour </a></strong></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph12">"I will be honest with my opinions and when I believe the White House has made a mistake I will say so. I'm sure no one in the White House thought my comments on Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearing were necessarily pro-Obama."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13">Axelrod also sees himself taking a different approach: "My role is not that of a surrogate, but an analyst and commentator. I'm proud of my work for and with the president. But in this role, I will offer observations, based on my experience over 35 years in journalism and politics, and will call them as I see them." He added: "I'd also note that NBC and MSNBC have, on their roster of analysts, both Republicans and Democrats."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph14">MSNBC didn't invent this practice; Fox News is the model.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph15">For a while, it served as the Bush administration in exile, with such loyalists as Karl Rove, former U.N. ambassador John Bolton and ex-press secretary Dana Perino. Fox also provided Bush with a spokesman when the late Tony Snow made the jump from Roger Ailes' network to the White House.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph16">The Fox payroll was soon packed with potential 2012 contenders like Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, with the latter two jumping from Rupert Murdoch's team into the presidential primaries. There is no question that the high-profile platform gave them a boost. Now, Herman Cain, who left the race under a cloud after denying allegations of sexual harassment and an extramarital affair, has joined the Fox team. In his first outing the other night, Cain said 51% of Americans were "misled" into voting for Obama, prompting a dissent from Bill O'Reilly. Is this the kind of unvarnished analysis we can expect from Cain?</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph17"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004/http://daily-download.com/kurtz-google-facebook-tricky-terrain/" target="_blank">Watch: Obama, Biden learn pitfalls of Google and Facebook chat</a></strong></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph18">CNN is not exempt from this game, having provided a home for Pat Buchanan between his presidential runs and, later, hiring Bush 41 lieutenants John Sununu and Mary Matalin, Clinton alumni Paul Begala and James Carville, and W.'s press secretary, Ari Fleischer. The network also got into the disgraced ex-governor business through its ill-fated fling with Eliot Spitzer. But CNN, at least, makes a point of tapping partisans from both sides. (ABC, for its part, brought in George Stephanopoulos from the Clinton White House, and he gradually earned credibility in his new profession.)</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph19">When networks employ active partisans such as Rove, who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for GOP candidates in 2012 and has now launched a new super PAC, it's fair for viewers to wonder whether their commentary is subjugated to an agenda. That was the question with Dick Morris, who was recently dumped by Fox after acknowledging that his predictions of a big Mitt Romney victory were in part an effort to boost Republican morale.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph20"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004/http://daily-download.com/ashburnkurtz-washington-post-sarah-palin-story-wrong/" target="_blank">Watch: How did Washington Post get the Sarah Palin story so wrong?</a></strong></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph21">Now that this revolving door is spinning like crazy, are current Obama staffers eyeing a television future? If so, might they be a tad nicer to a future employer? Former Time correspondent Jay Carney was a pretty good television guest before joining the administration; could he follow the well-beaten path to MSNBC?</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph22">And what if Hillary Clinton gets bored giving big-money speeches?</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph23">Maybe Axelrod and Gibbs will surprise me and show an independent streak as members of the commentariat. 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Korea, Iran</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 11:39 AM EDT, Tue April 30, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/blechman-nuclear-deterrence/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130416114559-south-korean-soldiers-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Barry Blechman says there's a reason why the U.S. never attacked another nation to stop it from becoming a nuclear power.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/simmons-girls-leadership/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Teach girls to be more like boys </a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 1:27 PM EDT, Tue April 30, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/simmons-girls-leadership/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120913102752-education-college-campus-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Rachel Simmons says at Phillips Andover Academy, a fiery debate has erupted over the gender gap in student leadership.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/mcwhorter-lol/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">LOL isn't funny anymore</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 10:38 AM EDT, Tue April 30, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/mcwhorter-lol/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130429180855-orig-ideas-texting-language-00002414-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">John McWhorter says the evolution of "LOL" shows how texting has become a new language.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/frum-less-homelessness/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Fewer homeless, a Bush legacy </a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 3:45 PM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/frum-less-homelessness/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130429153323-frum-homeless-guy-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">David Frum asks: Have you noticed that despite the joblessness crisis, fewer people are living on the streets? </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/zelizer-obama-government/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Why can't Obama reform government?</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 3:29 PM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/zelizer-obama-government/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130417190101-raw-video-pres-obama-on-gun-control-vote-in-senate-00070418-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Julian Zelizer says President Obama's trouble has more to do with the way government works rather than his skills. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/larsen-sequester-cuts-still-hurt/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Sequester cuts hurting our kids, elderly</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 9:29 AM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/larsen-sequester-cuts-still-hurt/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130426193640-larsen-head-start-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Sure, Congress rolled back cuts affecting flight delays; unfortunately, kids losing a school bus to budget cuts can't fly to class. Head Start and Meals on Wheels also hit. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/opinion/bergen-warning-signs-terrorism/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Agencies often miss warning signs of attacks</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 5:27 AM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/opinion/bergen-warning-signs-terrorism/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130424160912-boston-bombings-boylston-street-reopens-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Peter Bergen says missed signals and lack of inter-agency communication are factors that help enable terrorism to succeed</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/opinion/rotenberg-google-privacy/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Put teeth in Google privacy fines</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 9:01 AM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/opinion/rotenberg-google-privacy/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130426163607-rotenberg-google-fines-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Marc Rotenberg says the small fine against the search giant for secretly collecting private data shows how public agencies have dropped the ball on users' privacy</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/26/opinion/green-johnson-cha-north-korea/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">How to stop the North Korea madness</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 12:40 PM EDT, Sun April 28, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/26/opinion/green-johnson-cha-north-korea/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130425180524-north-korea-south-korea-protest-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Chris Johnson, Michael Green and Victor Cha say the problem of North Korea's nuclear gamesmanship can be solved</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a 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She says despite her many differences with President Bush, he pulled through after a bad start in helping the Gulf Coast.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/25/opinion/cain-mccarthy-terrorism/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Who is our enemy?</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 5:45 AM EDT, Fri April 26, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502111004/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/25/opinion/cain-mccarthy-terrorism/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502111004im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130419124119-dzhokar-tsarnaev-3-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Will Cain and Andrew McCarthy debate who are we fighting in the war on terror. 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