No high-profile journalist has been more assertive about Palestinian rights than Mehdi Hasan, and MNSBC punished him on Thursday by taking away his shows.

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    Variety reported that the move is part of a shakeup aimed at consolidating the network’s weekend schedule to give MSNBC more flexibility. The network also announced on Thursday that it would be launching a two hour morning panel show with Symone Sanders, Michael Steel, and Alicia Menendez. As “Decision 2024 ramps up, the show will provide thoughtful analysis and coverage on the state of our country from three trusted voices familiar to the MSNBC audience,” an MSNBC executive told Variety

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        Or it could be she has more talent. I don’t know what her audience draw is do you?

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        Or we good use preconceived notions of persecutoon

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              Are you suggesting a boss would not retaliate against subordinate if he doesn’t like something about him?

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                Now it’s the are you suggesting BS.

                I’m suggesting that on air talking heads, especially non prime time, are changed all the time. Their ethnicity really doesn’t play into it, but some people feel better thinking that it does.

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                  Nobody suggested he was dismissed for his “ethnicity”

                  Where are you getting this from?

                  Suggestion is that his coverage was not appreciated and he was dismissed for it.

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                    Fine, but who was watching? Not many eyes at his broadcast time and channel execs don’t care when there are few eyes on the box. Who cares.