CNN senior political analyst David Axelrod suggested his move away from MSNBC earlier this year was motivated by a desire to do less partisan political coverage. Axelrod told The Washington Post “I did not want to be simply a surrogate for the Democratic Party.”
“CNN has really made a huge investment in covering this campaign and, you know, I think I’m a reflection of that,” said Axelrod. “They wanted my expertise and wanted to offer my expertise.”
MSNBC, he said, “had a different approach to the election,” that was more partisan. “I think that’s the nature of it,” he said.
Interestingly, :20 seconds into his first reaction following Wednesday’s CNN debate, Axelrod was interrupted by Chris Cuomo who conducted a 4-minute post-debate interview with Donald Trump.