A person familiar with the matter told CNN that the decision was made to avoid a scenario in which one of the show’s stable of two dozen-plus guests might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to assail the program and network as a whole. Given the breaking news nature of the story, the person said, it made more sense to continue airing rolling breaking news coverage in the fraught political moment.
‘Morning Joe’ pulled from air Monday because of Trump shooting
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‘Morning Joe’ Is Pre-empted for Breaking News Coverage
The change immediately led to questions about whether NBC was blocking the program, which has been loyal to President Biden, for political considerations.MSNBC made other programming changes after the shooting on Saturday. The network scrapped “VelshiCast,” a planned YouTube livestream that was slated to feature commentary on the Republican convention in Milwaukee delivered by the anchor Ali Velshi, according to a person familiar with the decision.
‘Morning Joe’ Is Pre-empted for Breaking News Coverage
The change immediately led to questions about whether NBC was blocking the program, which has been loyal to President Biden, for political considerations.
Many of the hosts on MSNBC have been vehement bashers of Biden. Makes one wonder about a rightward shift.
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Really? Which ones?
Chris Hayes, Stephanie Ruhl, Alex Wagner
No, they have not, They are disgusted by Trump and are alarmed at the threat he is to the American experiment. They have been reporting that Biden failed in the debate and showed he may have mental problems. That is called reporting the news.‘Morning Joe’ Is Pre-empted for Breaking News Coverage
The change immediately led to questions about whether NBC was blocking the program, which has been loyal to President Biden, for political considerations.
MSNBC made other programming changes after the shooting on Saturday. The network scrapped “VelshiCast,” a planned YouTube livestream that was slated to feature commentary on the Republican convention in Milwaukee delivered by the anchor Ali Velshi, according to a person familiar with the decision.
‘Morning Joe’ Is Pre-empted for Breaking News Coverage
The change immediately led to questions about whether NBC was blocking the program, which has been loyal to President Biden, for political considerations.www.nytimes.com
Many of the hosts on MSNBC have been vehement bashers of Biden. Makes one wonder about a rightward shift.
No, it is called INVENTING the news.