Mehdi Hasan introduced in the course of the ultimate broadcast of his Sunday present that he’s leaving MSNBC.
“It’s been an absolute blast doing this live show on MSNBC for the past three years with an amazing team of producers behind me and with all of you watching at home, it’s been a privilege,” stated the far-left host on the finish of his present Sunday.
“It’s been a pleasure. But as we begin 2024 with an election coming, a war still ongoing, and too many Trump trials, honestly, to even keep track of, and with this show going away, I’ve decided that it’s time for me to look for a new challenge,” he added.
“Tonight is not just my final episode of the Mehdi Hassan show, it’s my last day with MSNBC. Yes, I’ve decided to leave.”
“To be clear, I am so proud, so, so proud of what we’ve achieved on this show, on this network. And I can’t thank you all enough for tuning in and for your support and for your feedback. But as I say, new year, new plans.”
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Tonight marks the top of @MehdiHasanShow and @MehdiRHasan‘s time with MSNBC. Thanks for watching us, week after week, over the previous three years. pic.twitter.com/LPybcWmFTf
— The Mehdi Hasan Present (@MehdiHasanShow) January 8, 2024
Final November, MSNBC canceled Mehdi Hasan’s program as a part of a broader shakeup of its weekend lineup.
Whereas Hasan will now not have his weekend present or his program on the Peacock streaming service, he remained with the community within the roles of an on-camera analyst and occasional fill-in host.
This determination comes after Hasan’s antisemitic remarks within the wake of Hamas’ brutal assaults towards Israel, Semaflor reported.
It’s really context for the approaching (ongoing?) slaughter of harmless Gazans who had nothing to do with that barbarism on the pageant. However the truth that you solely care about unarmed folks in Israel, and never Gaza, and I care about each, says extra about you than it does me, David. https://t.co/7y3WroTmLe
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 9, 2023
Semafor reported:
MSNBC has quietly taken three of its Muslim broadcasters out of the anchor’s chair since Hamas’s assault on Israel final Saturday amid America’s wave of sympathy for Israeli terror victims.
The community didn’t air a scheduled Thursday night time episode of The Mehdi Hasan Present on the streaming platform Peacock. MSNBC additionally reversed a plan for Ayman Mohyeldin to fill on this week on the community for host Pleasure Reid’s 7 p.m. present on Thursday and Friday. Mohyeldin, an Egyptian-American journalist and veteran NBC Information correspondent coated the battle from Gaza for 2 years. In 2021, he aggressively questioned Israeli leaders on strikes on the territory. Two community sources with data of the plans informed Semafor that the community additionally plans to have Alicia Menendez fill on this upcoming weekend for Ali Velshi, a 3rd Muslim-American host who on Sunday interviewed a spokesman for the Palestinian Authority.
