Posted on 01/09/2024 7:01:59 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
NEW YORK (AP) — Prominent Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan has decided to quit MSNBC rather than accept a demotion that saw him lose a regular Sunday night program on the network.
Hasan announced at the end of Sunday show that “I've decided to look for a new challenge. This is not just my final episode of ‘The Mehdi Hasan Show,’ it's my last day at MSNBC.”
That decision, with no public explanation, launched a fruitless petition campaign in protest by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar called it “deeply troubling that MSNBC is canceling his show amid a rampant rise of anti-Muslim bigotry and suppression of Muslim voices.”
An MSNBC spokeswoman said Monday the network had no comment on Hasan's exit.
Hasan told viewers that he's proud of what head been achieved on his show.
“As I say: new year, new plans,” he said. Hasan, who previously worked at Al Jazeera English and the Intercept, offered no details and declined further comment on Monday.
To replace Hasan, MSNBC is increasing the weekend hours of Ayman Mohyeldin, another Muslim journalist.
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OH NO...I’m REALLY going to miss him!!! WHO IS HE?
no mention of WHY the demotion...
Very important to have a Muslim Reporter with about 1.1% of the USA population identifying as Mulsim said no one ever.
What did he do? Tell the truth about something?
Yeah. And Eric Severeid. Those days are gone forever. Nightly news in this day and age is pablum mixed with propaganda and tabloid level melodrama.
Maybe he can get a gig in Dearborn Michigan with CAIR.
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