Nov 30, 2023
Mehdi Hasan Show DROPPED In Unexpected MSNBC Bombshell
The progressive news program, The Mehdi Hasan Show, gets canceled in a surprising announcement through MSNBC and NBC's Peacock. John Iadarola and Jordan Uhl break it down on The Damage Report.
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Mehdi Hasan's show,
was just announced, is being canceled.
Which seems since it was one
of the few that did critical,
hard-hitting dogged interviews,
I just imagine you might have thoughts.
So briefly, what do you think about that?
>> Speaker 2: I'm actually
really glad you brought that up.
[00:00:15]
And it underscores the importance
of outlets, progressive outlets,
independent outlets that will actually
talk about these things in ways
that aren't just deferential
to the US government or
the security state of the military
industrial complex, he was great.
[00:00:33]
Ayman's also really good.
I don't wanna act like Mehdi was the only
voice, cuz Ayman on MSNBC is also pretty
good, but Mehdi is just, he's so
sharp and it honestly seems deliberate.
Think back to Phil Donahue being canned
for being critical of the war on terror.
[00:00:49]
At the New York Times, Chris Hedges, a
Pulitzer Prize winner, also got canned for
being critical of the war.
But if you cheerlead the war,
if you justify every single decision and
action, the US military, or in this case,
the Israeli military with the US's
support is doing, your job is safe.
[00:01:09]
And think about the role the media
plays in selling these wars to people.
So it's not just TYT
that you should support.
I'm thankful for everyone that does.
And you're not gonna hear this on other
YouTube channels or other progressive and
independent media outlets that
are really in it for themselves but
[00:01:25]
try to co-op some of this language
to seem like they're in this fight.
You really do need to support more
than just your preferred network or
outlet, because there are a ton of,
the Majority Report is really great.
Breaking Points, I think, is decent.
Ryan Grim's show is pretty good.
[00:01:41]
I think that also might be in
the BreakingPoints network.
The Lever's really good.
But think about a handful of
outlets that do good reporting,
ask tough questions and
when they have the opportunity,
cuz a lot of these people won't
talk to progressive outlets.
When they have that opportunity,
really meaningfully push back.
[00:01:57]
That was something Mehdi was great at and
I would assume that's
why he was pushed out.
>> Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, and
it definitely is an issue that so
many people won't go on progressive
outlets, that's 100% true.
But yeah, yeah, you're right.
Just within the last week he had
an interview with, I believe,
[00:02:13]
an Israeli official that got a ton
of news coverage, didn't Mehdi?
>> Speaker 2: Yeah.
>> Speaker 1: Anyway, I'm sure there will
be a story about why they had to can him.
And who knows, maybe he'll get another
show in a different time slot or
something like that.
But I'm not seeing that the announcements
about what's to come doesn't include that.
[00:02:31]
And you're right, he's not the only
person who's doing good work, but
the particular thing that he brings,
he is the best at,
on mainstream sort of
centrist Democratic network.
So, yeah, that is unfortunate to see.
And as you point out, it's not the first
time something like this has happened.
[00:02:49]
There is definitely a pattern.
I mean,
you could throw Cenk into that as well.
Not particularly for
criticism of war efforts, but
criticisms of the Obama administration.
And he was canned for that, so yeah.
And weirdly, young people don't wanna
watch those networks that much, right?
[00:03:04]
I wonder why.
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