There were rumblings that something was up during the great MSNBC purge of 2015, when the network canceled “The Cycle” and sent Touré packing while giving Chuck Todd a show and hiring back Brian Williams. Al Sharpton lost his nightly show and was “promoted” to early Sunday mornings. Then, Melissa Harris-Perry parted ways with the network after giving in to its “culture of fear.”
We never would have mistaken Brian Williams for a conservative, but he was just a little too enthusiastic in his coverage of President Trump’s airstrike on Syria for Alec Baldwin and other progressives.
Recent news that MSNBC had signed on Nicole Wallace, George Will, Hugh Hewitt, and Greta Van Susteren was the final straw, and organizers of a petition to demand MSNBC halt its “white conservative hiring spree” are nearing their goal of 200,000 signatures. Actor Mark Ruffalo hopes his tweet can put that number over the top.
Sign the petition: Tell @MSNBC @NBCNews to stop the white conservative hiring spree https://t.co/CQGV7zRHWr via @CREDOMobile #p2
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) June 10, 2017
And break up @MSNBC's @NBCNews liberal bias views? How dare those conservatives invade your safe spaces,
— Ryan_McKendry (@Mayhem_138) June 10, 2017
Diversity and tolerance apparently not part of the Hulk's platform.
— chad counts (@crcounts) June 10, 2017
Of course there's always the counterclaim movement politely requesting #Marvel execs please stop hiring racist SJW shills. #caring
— F. Hensley (@fredhensley) June 12, 2017
Imagine a petition telling anyone not to hire black liberals.
Explain how your racist posting isn't discrimination due to a skin color.— greybeard (@greybeard411) June 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/doc429/status/873694486525870083
It’s not about skin color — it’s about right-wing hate, which just happens to correspond with pasty white complexions like Richard Spencer and Chris Matthews and Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow.
NBC had troubling ties to Trump during the presidential campaign and gave the racist sexual predator a national platform. Now MSNBC, too, is tilting to the right. We need to let NBC executives know that there will be a sharp backlash if MSNBC becomes another platform for right-wing hate.
Uh-oh NBC, a sharp backlash awaits.
What the hell are you talking about? Are black Conservatives OK? Asian Conservatives? Do they have to be liberal?This could get complicated.
— Troy Kuhn (@Tachyon362) June 11, 2017
Not making a lot of sense, Mark.
— K. Wade (@Kwade79) June 10, 2017
This request you should really rethink
— Hark Shunter (@DartTalk) June 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/jensgoodes/status/874386944234532864
https://twitter.com/danielwesley0/status/874447747922907136
Maybe Maddow has some old cassettes of Air America to ease the pain of watching MSNBC become a hard-right network.
They are just returning to their roots and higher ratings. Check out Fox much more diverse. Rainbow coalition over there.. & lots of funny
— Tru Justice (@FarRightGirl) June 12, 2017
And hey I want everyone working. We need the taxes.
— Tru Justice (@FarRightGirl) June 12, 2017
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MSNBC reportedly hiring new slate of contributors to provide old white rich male perspective https://t.co/uzDf1Z0FUb
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 12, 2017
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