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AlterNet reports:
MSNBC announced on Thursday that "The Ed Schultz Show" would come to an end, to be replaced by a show hosted by political analyst Chuck Todd.
[...] The loss of Schultz is particularly troubling because he has managed a television program that has been more attentive to issues focused on economic inequality, labor unions, and the wider economy than perhaps any other cable television show.
In particular, he covered the Trans-Pacific Partnership more often than [all other cable programs combined], as Craig Harrington and Brian Powell, researchers with Media Matters documented:
[During an 18 month period] CNN and Fox News each mentioned the TPP during two broadcasts. MSNBC's The Ed Show discussed the trade agreement on 71 broadcasts, but the TPP was mentioned on the network's other evening programming only twice (once by host Ed Schultz during coverage of the president's State of the Union speech and a passing mention by All In host Chris Hayes).
On The Jimmy Dore Show (think: Mort Sahl or Jon Stewart) via my Pacifica Radio affiliate, Chuck Todd is mentioned often. My impression is more "political hack" than "political analyst".
(Score: 5, Insightful) by srobert on Sunday July 26 2015, @06:23PM
MSNBC is in the same business as Fox News. Selling ads. The largest portion of the ad revenue comes from business interests, who may behave unethically with respect to labor, consumers, or the environment. So from now on being "liberal" at MSNBC will consist of talking about police brutality, racism, gay rights, etc. All legitimate issues, but the network wants to signal to that portion of the the business community with the largest ad budgets, that they will no longer be a platform for voicing concerns of union members, consumer rights advocates, or environmentalists. They're signalling to the social left, but economically may-as-well-be-Republican wing of the Democratic party, i.e. The Clintons and Obama wings. They are embarking on censorship to avoid offending the free market fundamentalists. So if you choose to get your news from MSNBC, look forward to more ads from Walmart, health insurance and pharmaceutical companies, interspersed with news and opinion about what Hillary said today, and why Bernie Sanders has no chance of winning.