MSNBC has hired Symone Sanders, former aide to President Joe Biden and spokeswoman for Vice President Kamala Harris, to host shows on its television and streaming services.
MSNBC host Joy Reid is catching heat for criticizing the media’s coverage of YouTuber Gabby Petito. While Black, indigenous and women of color go missing or are found dead almost daily, the media only fixates on murdered white women. Joy Reid calls it “missing White woman syndrome."
After filling in on the weekends for the cable news network, the star journalist now has her own two-hour Saturday program.
NEW YORK (AP) — Phil Griffin is stepping down as the longtime president of MSNBC, to be replaced early next year by rising NBC News executive Rashida Jones. Griffin, 64, has worked at NBC News for 35 years and has been president of MSNBC since 2008. With a primetime lineup led by Rachel Maddow, it […]
According to Deadline, MSNBC is launching two new weekend shows with political analyst Tiffany Cross and Washington Post opinion columnist Jonathan Capehart. After weeks of competing for the coveted weekend slots on the network, previously held by Joy Reid's "A.M. Joy", both were announced to be filling the slots, with Cross anchoring MSNBC on Saturdays between 10 a.m. and noon, while Capehart leads Sundays in the same time period.
Georgetown Law professor and MSNBC contributor Paul Butler calls into the Russ Parr Morning Show to discuss the latest updates involving the George Floyd murder. Most recently, Derek Chauvin‘s charges were upgraded from third-degree murder to second-degree murder. Additionally, the other three officers involved in the incident have been charged. Floyd’s family attorney Ben Crump […]
Shaun King has come under fire for making misleading claims about MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow’s Super Tuesday reporting. King, a staunch supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders, tweeted that Maddow “reported that multiple ‘senior officials’ within the Democratic Party are interfering with the primaries” in an effort to stop the presidential hopeful. “BREAKING: @MSNBC & @maddow just reported that multiple “senior officials” within the […]
Veteran MSNBC host Chris Matthews said he’s retiring from his show “Hardball,” citing his inappropriate comments about women. Matthews opened his program Monday with the announcement he was ending his run on the political hour that he started in 1997. He decided to retire after conversations with MSNBC, he said, his explanation coming in his […]
Breakfast Club host Charlamagne Tha God blasted Donald Trump on Monday during his chat with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle. When asked why he thinks the president is attacking Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and the “rat and rodent infested mess” in Baltimore, Charlamagne responded “because he’s a racist.” Adding, “We would never get America to do anything collectively about racism. You can implement […]
Joy Reid has been sued for defamation by a Donald Trump supporter who claims she received death threats after the MSNBC host falsely accused her of hurling racial slurs at a teen in a photo that went viral earlier this year. According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Roslyn LaLiberte claims Reid used “her substantial social media presence, fame, and reputation as […]
One of the only Black women in cable news is clearly being targeted.
Trymaine Lee is moving on up at NBC News. The journalist, who has worked as a national reporter and contributor for MSNBC digital since 2012, has been named MSNBC Correspondent, the network announced. Lee will cover race, politics and law enforcement in America “and bring his expertise in social justice issues to MSNBC’s prime time […]
