MSNBC cancels Mehdi Hasan’s show.
[ [link removed] ]Turn on images to see Maxwell Frost's tweet about this petition.
Word broke this morning: MSNBC cancels Mehdi Hasan’s show
Fox, the Daily Caller, and other right-wing voices are responding with
glee.
Thousands of people are urging MSNBC to reconsider. Congressman Maxwell
Frost says, "I just signed this petition and you should too!"
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: MSNBC, we need MORE hosts and guests who challenge
power and conventional wisdom – not less. Keep Mehdi Hasan as a host of
his own show.
Mehdi is known for challenging power, questioning conventional wisdom, and
giving oxygen to narratives that counter the establishment.
Many important guests do his show specifically because he is seen as an
honest broker. Everyone from AOC to former White House Chief of Staff Ron
Klain have done his show.
To be clear, there was no instigating outrage. No shocking new thing.
In fact, Mehdi was on the Daily Show last night plugging his MSNBC show.
He was acceptable (and cool) enough for the Daily Show, and MSNBC let him
go out and promote the network, and then they blindside one of their best
hosts? That is not ok.
Media history is littered with voices that got in the door, resonated with
the public, and were shut out because they challenged just a little too
much power. Ed Schultz was kicked off MSNBC when he was a little too
pro-union and too pro-Bernie at the time.
It’s a huge programming mistake to kick voices like Mehdi Hasan off the
air instead of asking: Why are they resonating with the public as they
challenge power and question conventional wisdom?
It’s also a huge step back for our democracy, which is increasingly
challenged by misinformation and top-down voices. We need more independent
voices in the conversation, trying to find the truth, even if we don’t
agree with everything they say.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: MSNBC, we need MORE hosts and guests who challenge
power and conventional wisdom – not less. Keep Mehdi Hasan as a host of
his own show.
Thank you.
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