As cable information networks modify to altering developments in viewership and a brand new Republican authorities, President Donald Trump has urged MSNBC must be shut down fully.
The brand new president, who was formally sworn in on Monday (January 20), made the assertion in a Fact Social submit on Wednesday evening (January 22), the place he was reacting to a Mediaite story about CNN reportedly planning to put off a whole bunch of employees amid a restructuring on the community.
Trump, who has been a long-time critic of CNN and MSNBC, took purpose on the latter on Wednesday, referring to them as “MSDNC.”
“MSDNC is even worse than CNN,” Trump wrote. “They shouldn’t actually have a proper to broadcast — Solely in America!”
Trump’s submit comes at a tumultuous time for MSNBC, which has been the topic of headlines in current months amid on-air controversies, scores struggles, and line-up adjustments.
In November, Comcast confirmed it might spin off most of its cable TV networks right into a separate publicly traded firm generally known as SpinCo. This consists of MSNBC, CNBC, the USA Community, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and the Golf Channel.
Following the information, the community made a number of scheduling adjustments, together with Rachel Maddow returning to MSNBC’s 9 pm ET slot for 5 nights every week for Trump‘s first 100 days in workplace. Since 2002, Maddow has solely hosted at 9 pm on Monday nights.
There have been experiences final month that MSNBC anchors Pleasure Reid and Stephanie Ruhle had been supplied pay cuts to stay on the community. The Ankler e-newsletter additionally reported that Jonathan Lemire, who was not too long ago moved to a everlasting co-host slot on Morning Joe’s 9 am hour, has been supplied a brand new contract at a diminished wage.
Then, on January 14, MSNBC’s president, Rashida Jones, introduced that she was stepping down after 4 years on the helm of the cable information channel.
Elsewhere, Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski confronted criticism from viewers after revealing they traveled to Mar-a-Lago to fulfill with Trump following his 2024 presidential election victory.
The morning information program and different MSNBC exhibits took a scores dip after Trump’s election win. Nevertheless, in keeping with Adweek, the community clawed again to the third most-watched fundamental cable community throughout primetime in early January.