Joan Walsh, the former Salon.com editor and contributor at MSNBC for the past 12 years — and the past six under contract — will not have her deal renewed. The news hit today and is already trending on Twitter as #KeepJoanWalsh, where MSNBC personalities are joining the chorus of those … Read entire story.
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Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski has apologized following statements she made on Friday morning’s show that were critical of some of the women who had accused ousted MSNBC journalist Mark Halperin of sexual harassment. In a discussion on sexual harassment on Friday’s show, Brzezinski said that Halperin, … Read entire story.
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NBC News reported today that the network paid separation compensation to a female employee in 1999 who accused Chris Matthews of making inappropriate jokes and comments about her in front of other employees. Both Matthews and the woman, an assistant producer, worked on what was then CNBC’s Hardball with Chris … Read entire story.
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Former National Public Radio host John Hockenberry is being accused of sexual harassment by some past colleagues, according to a New York magazine web story. The four-time Emmy winner and Peabody Awards recipient, who left his NPR show The Takeaway in August, is being accused in an article written … Read entire story.
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President Donald Trump took to twitter Monday morning to call for a new awards competition among TV news outlets – excepting Fox – to determine which is “the most dishonest, corrupt and/or distorted in its political coverage” of “your favorite President.” He clarified parenthetically: “(me)…. Read entire story.
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