New York – Al Sharpton is losing his daily show on MSNBC, with the network saying he’ll be downshifted to the weekend.
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Sharpton’s “Politics Nation” has aired at 6 p.m. EDT on weeknights for the past four years at the ratings-challenged news network. MSNBC is in the midst of wholesale changes under NBC News boss Andrew Lack, deemphasizing its left-leaning programming during the daytime hours in favor of more straight news shows.
Sharpton’s show occasionally put MSNBC in awkward positions, since he continued his political activism while doing some stories where there was racial controversy while remaining host of a news program.
MSNBC said Wednesday that starting Oct. 4, Sharpton’s “Politics Nation” will air at 8 a.m. Sundays. His daily show ends Sept. 4.
At least the new boss realizes the problem and is trying to de-emphasize their left leaning ways. Fox News is the way to go.
i guess he always has nyc city hall to do his bidding as de blasio respects him very much.
Please… Fox News’ editorial programming (all shows after 5pm) are no different than Sharpton’s. They are opinion shows… NOT news shows. They are not fact-checked (obvious to anyone watching) and they are not part of the “news” division. They are part of Fox Entertainment.
The plan at MSNBC is to reduce the amount of nonsensical editorial programming in favor of more news programming. Just because you prefer Hannity’s brand of lies and distortions to Sharpton’s lies and distortions doesn’t make either one any better or worse than the other.
Why doesn’t apply for a job at McDonalds? They’re paying $15 an hour these days.
The fact that they’re keeping him in at another time is because they’re terrified of being labeled racists.