{"id":65099,"date":"2025-02-08T11:52:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T19:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=65099"},"modified":"2025-02-08T11:52:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T19:52:45","slug":"who-should-fill-andrea-mitchells-now-vacant-slot-on-msnbc-jim-acosta-mehdi-hasan-or","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=65099","title":{"rendered":"Who Should Fill Andrea Mitchell’s Now Vacant Slot on MSNBC? Jim Acosta? Mehdi Hasan? Or…"},"content":{"rendered":"

MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell hosted the last episode of her program on Friday. Her departure was announced last October<\/a><\/strong> in a statement that indicated her interest in doing “more of what I love the most: more connecting, listening and reporting in the field.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mitchell will retain her role as chief Washington correspondent and chief foreign affairs correspondent. However, no one has yet been named to fill her 12:00pm ET time slot. That leaves some interesting possibilities for the network to counter Trump’s war against the free press that he refers to as “the enemy of people.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Among the prospective candidates to succeed Mitchell is former CNN anchor, Jim Acosta. He recently chose to ditch CNN when they tried to banish him to an overnight wasteland, despite his having higher ratings than most of his CNN colleagues. It’s clear that the network’s brass were determined to kiss up to Trump by silencing one of his most honest and effective critics. Acosta signed off by warning<\/a><\/strong> that…<\/p>\n

“It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant…Don\u2019t give in to the lies. Don\u2019t give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth and to hope.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other potential replacements might include current weekend MSNBC hosts, Katie Phang, Ali Velshi, Alicia Menendez, Jonathan Capehart, and Ayman Mohyeldin. Another intriguing possibility would be to bring back former host Mehdi Hasan, an insightful journalist who was popular with MSNBC viewers before he was let go. Although he may not be available now as he has started his own successful media enterprise, Zeteo.<\/p>\n

Replacing Mitchell with Acosta or Hasan would serve the dual purpose of pissing off Trump. Of course, he will attack whoever gets the spot with his hallmark hatred of anyone who dares to criticize him. And he has a special place in the decaying organ where his heart should be for MSNBC. Some of his recent outbursts include…<\/p>\n

“You take a look at MSDNC<\/a><\/strong>, how evil they are. They\u2019re evil. They\u2019re sick. They shouldn\u2019t even be allowed to do what they do. Because it\u2019s so corrupt. They shouldn\u2019t be allowed to do it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“MSNBC (MSDNC)<\/a><\/strong> uses FREE government approved airwaves, and yet it is nothing but a 24 hour hit job on Donald J. Trump…Our so-called \u2018government\u2019 should come down hard on them and make them pay for their illegal political activity.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“MSNBC, often and correctly referred to as MSDNC<\/a><\/strong> (Democrat National Committee!), should be investigated for its \u2018Country Threatening Treason.\u2019”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One option that MSNBC must resist is giving another hour of air time Morning Joe host, Joe Scarborough, who is already controlling four hours every weekday morning. The last thing the network needs is to lean closer to the Trump-fluffers at Fox News.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which, Fox just announced its own new host, Trump’s daughter-in-lawlessness, Lara Trump<\/a><\/strong>. Which is their way of affirming that the network has abandoned any pretense of being anything other than Trump’s Ministry of Propaganda.<\/p>\n

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