CNN Veteran Andrew Breslau Takes Helm at Far-Left Nation Institute
Andrew Breslau, who for eight years ending in 2006 toiled at CNN "as a
senior manager and producer," has been named President of New York
City-based The
Nation Institute, affiliated with the far-left The Nation magazine
run by frequent MSNBC guest Katrina vanden Heuvel, and home to Christopher
Hayes, Rachel Maddow's fill-in host.
The institute's August
18 press release described Breslau's CNN duties: "Tasked with
managing a team of journalists covering the U.S economy, he also helped
cover events overseas that ranged from the 50th anniversary of the
People's Republic of China to the World Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland."
Prior to joining CNN, Breslau was quite active with a series of
left-wing enterprises, starting in the mid-1980s writing for Mother
Jones magazine and then helping to found Fairness and Accuracy in
Reporting as its first associate director, the release from the
institute's Communications Director, Ruth Baldwin, recounted.
Following several years in the early 1990s as "director of public
affairs for Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger," during the 1996
election cycle "he was the director of special projects for the
Democratic National Committee, where he handled press relations and
organized artists and celebrities on behalf of President Clinton and
Democrats across the country."
Indeed, a July 26, 1996, USA Today item by Jeannie Williams reported
Breslau's creation of "Artists for a Democratic Victory Committee."
Apparently, CNN decided that partisan activism qualified him for a
slot as a producer and guest-booker.
Last week: "AP
White House Reporter Loven Jumps to Liberal Democratic Political
PR/Lobbying Shop." (My complete Obama-journalism revolving door list.)
Since leaving CNN in 2006, Baldwin relayed, "Breslau has served as
the Executive Director of City Futures, the parent organization of the
public policy think tank, Center for an Urban Future."
The Nation Institute's self-description:
The Nation Institute's dynamic range of programs include a bestselling book publishing imprint, Nation Books; the award-winning Investigative Fund, which supports groundbreaking investigative journalism; nationally televised town hall meetings and debates; the widely read and syndicated website TomDispatch; an internship program at The Nation magazine; Journalism Fellowships that fund up to 25 high-profile reporters every year and the prestigious Puffin/Nation and Ridenhour prizes that honor outstanding public citizenship and acts of truth-telling. Work produced by The Nation Institute has sparked Congressional hearings, new legislation, FBI investigations and the resignation of government officials, has changed the debate and has a powerful impact on the most urgent social and political issues of our day.
- Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center. Click here to follow him on Twitter.
