| Is MSNBC Taking Programming Decisions from the White House? By Ben Johnson, The White House Watch |
| After years of mutual courtship,the White House may have consummated its marriage to MSNBC by canceling the program of the network’s most critical host. This unprecedented invasion of journalistic autonomy comes after years of MSNBC’s fawning coverage,promotion of the administration’s objectives,and receiving on-air prompts to guide its coverage to Obama’s greatest benefit. Now that MSNBC has canceled his short-lived 6 p.m. program,Cenk Uygur is speaking out. Uygur,who continues to host The Young Turks program elsewhere,says the network chief told him in no uncertain terms he had to tailor his program to please “people in Washington.”The executive added MSNBC is composed of “insiders”and plays a vital role in “the Establishment”.... |
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
HAS MSNBC SURRENDERED 'FREEDOM OF THE PRESS' TO OBAMA?
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