NEW: 15,000 MSNBC viewers (and counting) have signed our petition urging
the network to save Mehdi Hasan’s shows. The pressure on MSNBC is
mounting!
Just today, Washington Post columnist Perry Bacon Jr. published an op-ed
saying: "The network should reverse its decision on Hasan."
Our petition, which launched last Thursday, was highlighted this weekend
by The Nation, and endorsed by former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, who
urged his followers [ [link removed] ]to sign. Olbermann joins Representative Maxwell
Frost, who Tweeted on Thursday, "I just [ [link removed] ]signed this petition and you
should too!" This follows prominent coverage from the Washington Post and
Politico last week.
The Nation called Mehdi Hasan's recent takedown of Republican presidential
candidate Vivek Ramaswamy "a reminder of just how powerful a television
interview can be when the questioner is relentless in pursuit of the
truth... the candidate, who sought to present himself as an outsider
taking on the status quo, was exposed as just another ill-prepared and
inconsistent political grandstander."
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition and help increase the pressure: 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.
Since Thursday, social media has been filled with posts from prominent
media, cultural, and political leaders such as:
* Bipartisan congressional voices like former Republican Congressman Joe
Walsh, and Reps. Frost, Pressley, Omar, and Khanna
* Major media voices like NYT’s Jonathan Swan, NYU Journalism Professor
Jay Rosen, xxxxxx Editor-in-Chief Charlie Sykes
* Luke Skywalker Mark Hamill
* Former Obama speechwriter Tommy Vietor
* Former NAACP President Sherrilyn Ifill
TWITTER REACTIONS:
New York Times Reporter Jonathan Swan:
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Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh:
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Representative Maxwell Frost:
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Longtime NAACP President Sherrilyn Ifill:
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Luke Skywalker Mark Hamill:
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Obama Administration Spokesperson Tommy Vietor:
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Representative Ro Khanna:
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Representative Ayanna Pressley:
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xxxxxx Editor In Chief Charlie Sykes:
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Attorney General of Minnesota Keith Ellison:
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NBC investigations reporter Ben Collins:
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NYU Journalism Professor Jay Rosen:
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Editor of Press Watch Dan Froomkin:
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Washington Post Media Reporter Jeremy Barr:
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Daily Beast Columnist Rotimi Adeoye:
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Longtime media columnist Margaret Sullivan:
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Washington Post columnist Greg Sargent:
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[ [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.
-- The PCCC Team
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