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Daily Mail
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Jen Psaki admits that MSNBC's viewers expect negative coverage of Trump
By MSNBC star Jen Psaki admitted that the network's viewers expect negative coverage of Donald Trump. During a recent episode of The Grill Room podcast, Psaki admitted to Puck's media reporter Dylan Byers that the network's audience turns to them for negative coverage of Trump. 'We're going to talk about what the opposing party is up to, in terms of Democrats , and we're going to talk about future leaders and things,' she said. 'And, we're also going to talk about Trump, and it's typically not going to be positive.' 'I don't think anybody watching expects it to be positive, right? There is not like a North Star thing written on a card and everybody does it slightly differently… that's fairly the vibe.' Psaki elaborated that her bosses have not directed her to appeal to wider audience by having more Republican guests or report from a more center perspective. 'I have not experienced this like, "You have to move to the center, you have to have Republicans on, you have to be more moderate,"' she said. 'Every show kind of has a North Star but the vibe is, kind of, under the same umbrella, Joe Biden 's former White House press secretary added. The MSNBC host recently secured a primetime nightly weekday show as the network's ruthless new boss conducts a major lineup overhaul. In February, MSNBC announced that Psaki would anchor the 9pm hour for Tuesdays through Fridays, ending Alex Wagner's time at the helm. While Psaki will host the 9pm slot four days a week, the network's biggest star, Rachel Maddow, will host one day a week. Kutler axed Joy Reid and canceled her namesake show The ReidOut, which has been a fixture of MSNBC's evening programming since 2020. Katie Phang, Jonathan Capehart and Ayman Mohyeldin have also been given the boot from their current timeslots by the network's new boss. Kutler was officially named president of MSNBC on February 12, after dropping her interim title following Rashida Jones' departure. MSNBC stars and contributors have reportedly had to endure several indignities as the progressive network aims to cut costs amid plummeting ratings. In recent years, contributors to the network have sometimes had to pay for their own Ubers to get to the MSNBC DC studios, and have been forced to do their own makeup, as reported by Puck News. As the outlet puts it, it is '[sad], but justifiable when you're averaging less than 600,000 viewers in total day and less than 60,000 in the demo.' The DC studios are the home base for anchors such Psaki and the former headquarters for fired Joy Reid. MSNBC has been struggling with its audience and is currently preparing to split from parent its company NBCUniversal later this year.
Daily Mail
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
MSNBC star Jen Psaki says the quiet part out loud about her network's coverage of Trump
MSNBC star Jen Psaki admitted that the network's viewers expect negative coverage of Donald Trump. During a recent episode of The Grill Room podcast, Psaki admitted to Puck's media reporter Dylan Byers that the network's audience turns to them for negative coverage of Trump. 'We're going to talk about what the opposing party is up to, in terms of Democrats, and we're going to talk about future leaders and things,' she said. 'And, we're also going to talk about Trump, and it's typically not going to be positive.' 'I don't think anybody watching expects it to be positive, right? There is not like a North Star thing written on a card and everybody does it slightly differently… that's fairly the vibe.' Psaki elaborated that her bosses have not directed her to appeal to wider audience by having more Republican guests or report from a more center perspective. 'I have not experienced this like, "You have to move to the center, you have to have Republicans on, you have to be more moderate,"' she said. 'Every show kind of has a North Star but the vibe is, kind of, under the same umbrella, Joe Biden 's former White House press secretary added. The MSNBC host recently secured a primetime nightly weekday show as the network's ruthless new boss conducts a major lineup overhaul. In February, MSNBC announced that Psaki would anchor the 9pm hour for Tuesdays through Fridays, ending Alex Wagner's time at the helm. While Psaki will host the 9pm slot four days a week, the network's biggest star, Rachel Maddow, will host one day a week. Her namesake show will return to Mondays at 9 pm following the first 100 days of the Trump Administration. Psaki's apparent promotion is the latest in a slew of changes by new MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler. Kutler axed Joy Reid and canceled her namesake show The ReidOut, which has been a fixture of MSNBC's evening programming since 2020. Katie Phang, Jonathan Capehart and Ayman Mohyeldin have also been given the boot from their current timeslots by the network's new boss. Kutler was officially named president of MSNBC on February 12, after dropping her interim title following Rashida Jones' departure. MSNBC stars and contributors have reportedly had to endure several indignities as the progressive network aims to cut costs amid plummeting ratings. In recent years, contributors to the network have sometimes had to pay for their own Ubers to get to the MSNBC DC studios, and have been forced to do their own makeup, as reported by Puck News. As the outlet puts it, it is '[sad], but justifiable when you're averaging less than 600,000 viewers in total day and less than 60,000 in the demo.' The DC studios are the home base for anchors such Psaki and the former headquarters for fired Joy Reid.
