July 23, 2015

MSNBC dumping Ed Schultz

The word is that MSNBC is dumping Ed Schultz, one of their best hosts. As Bernie Sanders put it, "We live in a time when much of the corporate media regards politics as a baseball game or a soap opera. Ed Schultz has treated the American people with respect by focusing on the most important issues impacting their lives."

Alternet - The loss of Schultz is particularly troubling because he has managed a television program that has been more attentive to issues focused on economic inequality, labor unions and the wider economy than perhaps any other cable television show.
In particular, he covered the Trans-Pacific Partnership more often than the rest of the network's programs combined,

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