For sure, Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace, Joy Reid, Jen Psaki, Chris Hayes, Ali Velshi, and Lawrence O’Donnell have all had truly inspired and educational moments over the years. But after Rachel Maddow rang her terrifying “Paul Revere bell” announcing the march of fascism coming straight at us in the form of Trumpism at the beginning of the 2024 election cycle, no new and actionable leadership came come from her. Not really. Even when Rachel intellectually regurgitated earlier defeats of fascism in America, her eyes flashed “RUN!”
In the final weeks of the election, I too, was hopeful about Kamala Harris, but listening to the ladies of MSNBC, shrieking and laughing and cackling over each other every single time something hopeful appeared on their phone feeds, was misleading and disrespectful to all of us struggling to comprehend the hard truths taking place across the rest of the country. These were the hardcore MAGA facts that we, MSNBC’s trusting audience, needed to be exposed to as well. And we needed to hear it from the newscasters and commentary stars of MSNBC. Unfortunately, it seems they were completely unable to do this. Their own hopes (or perhaps the dictates of their executives above), let those of us grabbing onto the coattails of Democracy, down hard.
Therefore I am not at all sorry to hear that the cable news channel has lost its audience and that its future is dim. I, for one, do not believe that we need what the hosts of MSNBC were doing: Feel-good bullshit is for Fox “News.” Not me.
I may not have been thrilled with all of their coverage, but I have to think of what news we will have access to without them
That’s the point for me. Just because they didn’t rise to the consistent standards of original in-depth research and reporting, doesn’t mean no one can or will. Viewers are fleeing MSNBC. They didn’t work hard enough. Something better will rise from their ashes.
I am very, very sorry to lose MSNBC.
I am too. We need a place for our perspectives and feelings. My only point is that in my opinion the hosts lost their clarity and in doing so, we lost the best of what they are often able to do. They became cheerleaders not political news analysts. You may have felt great, but you were not prepared for the realities heading your way.