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Yahoo
27-02-2025
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Mark Halperin and former Politico reporter scorch 'liberal media bias' on networks like MSNBC
Political commentator Mark Halperin and Axios White House reporter Marc Caputo skewered much of the modern media for brazen bias against President Donald Trump and conservatives in general. MSNBC has been in the national spotlight after the network underwent a major shakeup, elevating former President Biden's first press secretary Jen Psaki's show to primetime, while purging "The Reidout" and "Alex Wagner Tonight." On Halperin's "2WAY TONIGHT" podcast, Caputo, who was a reporter for Politico, said Psaki joining MSNBC network at all during Biden's presidency, after she left her White House role, was an indictment of modern media. "Jen Psaki's hiring by MSNBC was one of the many examples of how utterly broken the Acela media industrial complex is," Caputo said. "For the first time in United States history, a sitting president seeking reelection had his press secretary go and work for a major media enterprise and anchor a show. And no one f---ing said anything about how irregular, how newsworthy, how out of line that was." He added "So when we come to our current moment, Jen Psaki, MSNBC represents a very particular inflection point, as does the Biden presidency, in the way in which the press covered it. That leads us to where we are today." Msnbc Cancels Joy Reid's Show As Part Of Programming Shakeup At Liberal Network Halperin agreed, but suggested, "Of all of the examples of liberal media bias denied by the people who run the big organizations, of all the examples, perhaps the most egregious is they hire media writers who are far, far left—as if they're covering the media fairly." Read On The Fox News App "If you're going to have a media writer whose job it is to hold the media to account, you cannot hire people who hate Donald Trump. And their coverage isn't subtle," Halperin added. "It's not like some of The New York Times coverage, for instance, where within the crevices of the paragraphs, you can see they're biased against Trump," he said. "They are full-on resistance writers, and that's why they write negative things about Marc Caputo, and me, and why they did not touch this Jen Psaki story." The silence of media reporters on certain specific stories, Halperin said, speaks volumes about who they are. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture "It's bats--t crazy for these organizations, who claim to be serious news organizations, to have as their media reporters leading members of the resistance - unapologetic and explicit - who, to this day, have not written about Joe Biden, the lack of coverage of Joe Biden's loss of mental acuity - to this day, they have not written about the biggest media story of all time, and instead they are writing about Stephen Miller's demeanor in a cable news hit," he said. Halperin also called out the media for not platforming now-Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., as each of them attempted to run against Biden for the Democratic Party nomination in the 2024 election. By contrast, he recalled how networks have platformed Sen. Adam Schiff of California, who was censured by the House for 'false' allegations on Trump-Russia collusion. "And they will put Adam Schiff on, whose public failures of credibility are more pronounced than Dean Phillips. And in terms of implications, I would say you could argue comparable to Bobby Kennedy's," he argued. "It's insane that they didn't put them on, but it's more insane that people whose job it is to write about the press and hold the press accountable didn't write a word about it."Original article source: Mark Halperin and former Politico reporter scorch 'liberal media bias' on networks like MSNBC
Fox News
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Mark Halperin and former Politico reporter scorch 'liberal media bias' on networks like MSNBC
Political commentator Mark Halperin and Axios White House reporter Marc Caputo skewered much of the modern media for brazen bias against President Donald Trump and conservatives in general. MSNBC has been in the national spotlight after the network underwent a major shakeup, elevating former President Biden's first press secretary Jen Psaki's show to primetime, while purging "The Reidout" and "Alex Wagner Tonight." On Halperin's "2WAY TONIGHT" podcast, Caputo, who was a reporter for Politico, said Psaki joining MSNBC network at all during Biden's presidency, after she left her White House role, was an indictment of modern media. "Jen Psaki's hiring by MSNBC was one of the many examples of how utterly broken the Acela media industrial complex is," Caputo said. "For the first time in United States history, a sitting president seeking reelection had his press secretary go and work for a major media enterprise and anchor a show. And no one f---ing said anything about how irregular, how newsworthy, how out of line that was." He added "So when we come to our current moment, Jen Psaki, MSNBC represents a very particular inflection point, as does the Biden presidency, in the way in which the press covered it. That leads us to where we are today." Halperin agreed, but suggested, "Of all of the examples of liberal media bias denied by the people who run the big organizations, of all the examples, perhaps the most egregious is they hire media writers who are far, far left—as if they're covering the media fairly." "If you're going to have a media writer whose job it is to hold the media to account, you cannot hire people who hate Donald Trump. And their coverage isn't subtle," Halperin added. "It's not like some of The New York Times coverage, for instance, where within the crevices of the paragraphs, you can see they're biased against Trump," he said. "They are full-on resistance writers, and that's why they write negative things about Marc Caputo, and me, and why they did not touch this Jen Psaki story." The silence of media reporters on certain specific stories, Halperin said, speaks volumes about who they are. "It's bats--t crazy for these organizations, who claim to be serious news organizations, to have as their media reporters leading members of the resistance - unapologetic and explicit - who, to this day, have not written about Joe Biden, the lack of coverage of Joe Biden's loss of mental acuity - to this day, they have not written about the biggest media story of all time, and instead they are writing about Stephen Miller's demeanor in a cable news hit," he said. Halperin also called out the media for not platforming now-Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., as each of them attempted to run against Biden for the Democratic Party nomination in the 2024 election. By contrast, he recalled how networks have platformed Sen. Adam Schiff of California, who was censured by the House for 'false' allegations on Trump-Russia collusion. "And they will put Adam Schiff on, whose public failures of credibility are more pronounced than Dean Phillips. And in terms of implications, I would say you could argue comparable to Bobby Kennedy's," he argued. "It's insane that they didn't put them on, but it's more insane that people whose job it is to write about the press and hold the press accountable didn't write a word about it."
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Joy Reid's final show: Fired MSNBC host leaves viewers with dire message after controversial axing
Hours after MSNBC boss Rebecca Kutler officially announced that Joy Reid's show was ending and the longtime host was leaving the network amid a programming overhaul, Reid devoted her final broadcast to instructing her viewers on the ways to resist throughout Donald Trump's presidency, warning them that fascism is 'already here.' The progressive firebrand was also joined by some of her fellow MSNBC hosts, who paid tribute to their departing colleague and likened her cancelation as 'losing a limb,' while Reid lauded network star Rachel Maddow as their 'fearless leader.' Reid's sudden cancelation has sparked backlash among liberals, with some claiming that 'racism' or an attempt to curry favor with Trump factored into the network's decision. Meanwhile, Reid has said she is 'not sorry' for her unapologetically progressive commentary on her show, 'whether it was the Black Lives Matter issues' or going 'hard for immigrants who've done nothing but come to this country like my parents did and try to make a life and defended them.' MAGA pundits and Trump, meanwhile, have relished in the outspoken host's departure. At the top of her final episode of The Reidout on Monday night, Reid explicitly stated that the new Trump administration has brought on not just a constitutional crisis but was itself a fascist regime, imploring her audience to form a resistance against the president. 'When you are in the midst of a crisis, and specifically a crisis of democracy, how do you resist? When fascism isn't just coming, it's already here,' she warned. 'So what, if anything, can you do about it? Well, for one thing, you can try to learn from history. From what people in this situation, in countries around the world and in America have done before,' Reid added. 'As my friend Rachel Maddow always says, history is here to help. America hasn't always been a free country for everyone, and we've had resistance movements from day one, from enslaved people fighting their captivity.' Citing Harriet Tubman, the Civil War, the women's rights movement and the gay rights movement as examples, Reid said that Americans have always been fighting to make the United States a 'free country for everyone' and a 'true multiracial democracy.' 'And that is history's most important lesson, right? That the most important thing, the first rule, is to fight back, to never stop resisting. Do not obey in advance,' she noted. Towards the end of the broadcast, Reid was joined by network mainstays Maddow, Nicolle Wallace and Lawrence O'Donnell, who all heaped praise on the progressive host as the final minutes of her MSNBC tenure ticked away. 'Well, first I want to say that I love you, Joy, and that I am bereft that The ReidOut is ending. I really, I just can't even, I sort of can't get beyond that. So I want to say that,' an emotional Maddow stated. 'But that is also part of what I think I have to say to the country about this moment, which is find people who you respect and trust and love and make common cause with them and help, you know, help yourself by learning from them and help them by standing up for them. And I think we have tried to do that.' Returning the favor, Reid declared that Maddow was the network's 'fearless leader' and their 'super friend,' letting MSNBC's most prominent star know 'we love her so much.' Meanwhile, Wallace said she felt nothing but 'despair' over Reid's cancelation, which she compared to 'losing a limb.' 'And the only thing that chips away at that for me is that despair is the autocrat's tool. It's their most effective weapon. It costs nothing. It's easy to deploy; it's contagious,' Wallace said. 'And then it puts in motion all the actions they want. Hopelessness. Isolation. Exasperation. Giving up. And so the only reason I will not wallow in what I feel about you leaving is, is because I think that's what they want.' Following Reid's send-off, which also included her thanking her production crew, Maddow took a 'point of personal privilege' on her Monday night program to criticize network management for the 'bad mistake' it made in dropping Reid and canceling other shows hosted by women of color. 'I will tell you. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two – count them – two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend,' Maddow declared. 'And that feels worse than bad, no matter who replaces them. That feels indefensible. And I do not defend it.' While the network is coming under fire externally and internally for pushing out Reid, her 'fate had been all but sealed long ago,' media reporter Oliver Darcy noted this week. Reid had only signed a one-year construct extension last year, placing her in a vulnerable position and suggesting that she would be on the chopping block if the network looked to shake up the lineup, which it did this week. 'Fair or not, Reid had over the years become a lightning rod of right-wing criticism, frequently drawing the ire of Donald Trump's MAGA movement and offering an easy target to attack MSNBC's editorial stances,' Darcy added. 'While she had a devoted following, her freewheeling style and outspoken commentary—particularly on social media—often overshadowed the network and irked Comcast and NBCUniversal executives.' The network is replacing The Reidout with a panel show hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez, who had been anchoring The Weekend on Saturdays and Sundays.
The Independent
25-02-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Joy Reid's final show: Fired MSNBC host leaves viewers with dire message after controversial axing
Hours after MSNBC boss Rebecca Kutler officially announced that Joy Reid's show was ending and the longtime host was leaving the network amid a programming overhaul, Reid devoted her final broadcast to instructing her viewers on the ways to resist throughout Donald Trump's presidency, warning them that fascism is 'already here.' The progressive firebrand was also joined by some of her fellow MSNBC hosts, who paid tribute to their departing colleague and likened her cancelation as 'losing a limb,' while Reid lauded network star Rachel Maddow as their 'fearless leader.' Reid's sudden cancellation has sparked backlash among liberals, with some claiming that 'racism' or an attempt to curry favor with Trump factored into the network's decision. Meanwhile, Reid has said she is 'not sorry' for her unapologetically progressive commentary on her show, 'whether it was the Black Lives Matter issues' or going 'hard for immigrants who've done nothing but come to this country like my parents did and try to make a life and defended them.' MAGA pundits and Trump, meanwhile, have relished in the outspoken host's departure. At the top of her final episode of The Reidout on Monday night, Reid explicitly stated that the new Trump administration has brought on not just a constitutional crisis but was itself a fascist regime, imploring her audience to form a resistance against the president. 'When you are in the midst of a crisis, and specifically a crisis of democracy, how do you resist? When fascism isn't just coming, it's already here,' she warned. 'So what, if anything, can you do about it? Well, for one thing, you can try to learn from history. From what people in this situation, in countries around the world and in America have done before,' Reid added. 'As my friend Rachel Maddow always says, history is here to help. America hasn't always been a free country for everyone, and we've had resistance movements from day one, from enslaved people fighting their captivity.' Citing Harriet Tubman, the Civil War, the women's rights movement and the gay rights movement as examples, Reid said that Americans have always been fighting to make the United States a 'free country for everyone' and a 'true multiracial democracy.' 'And that is history's most important lesson, right? That the most important thing, the first rule, is to fight back, to never stop resisting. Do not obey in advance,' she noted. Towards the end of the broadcast, Reid was joined by network mainstays Maddow, Nicolle Wallace and Lawrence O'Donnell, who all heaped praise on the progressive host as the final minutes of her MSNBC tenure ticked away. 'Well, first I want to say that I love you, Joy, and that I am bereft that The ReidOut is ending. I really, I just can't even, I sort of can't get beyond that. So I want to say that,' an emotional Maddow stated. 'But that is also part of what I think I have to say to the country about this moment, which is find people who you respect and trust and love and make common cause with them and help, you know, help yourself by learning from them and help them by standing up for them. And I think we have tried to do that.' Returning the favor, Reid declared that Maddow was the network's 'fearless leader' and their 'super friend,' letting MSNBC's most prominent star know 'we love her so much.' Meanwhile, Wallace said she felt nothing but 'despair' over Reid's cancelation, which she compared to 'losing a limb.' 'And the only thing that chips away at that for me is that despair is the autocrat's tool. It's their most effective weapon. It costs nothing. It's easy to deploy; it's contagious,' Wallace said. 'And then it puts in motion all the actions they want. Hopelessness. Isolation. Exasperation. Giving up. And so the only reason I will not wallow in what I feel about you leaving is, is because I think that's what they want.' Following Reid's send-off, which also included her thanking her production crew, Maddow took a 'point of personal privilege' on her Monday night program to criticize network management for the 'bad mistake' it made in dropping Reid and canceling other shows hosted by women of color. 'I will tell you. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two – count them – two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend,' Maddow declared. 'And that feels worse than bad, no matter who replaces them. That feels indefensible. And I do not defend it.' While the network is coming under fire externally and internally for pushing out Reid, her 'fate had been all but sealed long ago,' media reporter Oliver Darcy noted this week. Reid had only signed a one-year construct extension last year, placing her in a vulnerable position and suggesting that she would be on the chopping block if the network looked to shake up the lineup, which it did this week. 'Fair or not, Reid had over the years become a lightning rod of right-wing criticism, frequently drawing the ire of Donald Trump's MAGA movement and offering an easy target to attack MSNBC's editorial stances,' Darcy added. 'While she had a devoted following, her freewheeling style and outspoken commentary—particularly on social media—often overshadowed the network and irked Comcast and NBCUniversal executives.' The network is replacing The Reidout with a panel show hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez, who had been anchoring The Weekend on Saturdays and Sundays.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Rachel Maddow slams MSNBC's ‘indefensible' and ‘unnerving' decision to drop Joy Reid
MSNBC star Rachel Maddow lambasted her own network for parting ways with longtime host Joy Reid and canceling a number of shows anchored by women of color, calling the decision 'indefensible' and a 'bad mistake.' Following a series of reports over the weekend that Reid was out at MSNBC amid a programming overhaul, new network president Rebecca Kutler made it official Monday. Besides Reid losing not only her weeknight show but also her job, the liberal cable news channel also dropped programs hosted by Alex Wagner, Katie Phang, and others while rearranging much of the network's lineup. Though the new schedule won't take effect until April, Reid is leaving MSNBC immediately. At the same time, she was given the opportunity on Monday night to broadcast a farewell episode, which featured Maddow, Nicolle Wallace and Lawrence O'Donnell. In paying tribute to her departing colleague, Maddow told Reid that she loved her and was 'bereft that The ReidOut is ending,' while Wallace described it as 'losing a limb.' Roughly 90 minutes later, Maddow took a 'point of personal privilege' during her show to address the 'changes that have been announced at MSNBC over the last couple of days.' Noting that she would go back to just hosting on Monday nights after Donald Trump's first 100 days in office is complete, adding that this was always the original plan, Maddow pointed out that Wagner would not be returning to anchor the 9 p.m. ET slot on Tuesday-Friday. Instead, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki – who had been hosting on Monday nights and Sunday afternoons – would take over that role. 'So that's a big change,' Maddow told viewers. 'An even bigger programming change is at 7 p.m. Eastern, where Joy Reid's show The Reidout ended tonight. And Joy is not taking a different job in the network. She is leaving the network altogether, and that is very, very, very hard to take.' Stating that there has been 'no colleague for whom I have had more affection and more respect than Joy Reid,' Maddow then directed her ire at MSNBC's leadership for canceling Reid's weeknight show. 'I love everything about her. I have learned so much from her,' he declared. 'I have so much more to learn from her. I do not want to lose her as a colleague here at MSNBC, and personally, I think it is a bad mistake to let her walk out the door. It is not my call, and I understand that. But that's what I think.' Maddow also took aim at the network for discontinuing several shows that were hosted by minorities, specifically in primetime. While Wagner is being replaced by Psaki, who is white, the new panel program that will take over Reid's time slot is hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez – all people of color. 'I will tell you. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two – count them – two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend,' she said. 'And that feels worse than bad, no matter who replaces them. That feels indefensible. And I do not defend it.' At the same time. Maddow had nothing but compliments for those who are taking on new on-air roles at the network, saying 'everybody who's going to be in anchor chairs from here on out are great colleagues and great at what they do.' Still, she was highly critical of the way the production staff was 'being put through the wringer' by management. 'Dozens of producers and staffers – including some who are among the most experienced and most talented and most specialist producers in the building – are facing being laid off,' she proclaimed. 'They're being invited to reapply for new jobs. That has never happened at this scale in this way before when it comes to programming changes, presumably because it's not the right way to treat people. And it's inefficient and it's unnecessary, and it kind of drops the bottom out of whether or not people feel like this is a good place to work.' This is far from the first time that Maddow has chastised her employer on air for decisions she disagrees with. When NBC News briefly hired former Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel as a political analyst, Maddow called the hiring 'inexplicable' and akin to a district attorney hiring a 'mobster.' The network eventually reversed course and dropped McDaniel amid the on-air revolt. Maddow also called out the network last March for airing Trump's victory speech after his Super Tuesday primary victory, claiming it was 'irresponsible to broadcast' the future president's remarks since it was 'allowing somebody to knowingly lie on your air.'
