MSNBC Hires Left-Wing ‘Nation’ Editor as New Weekend Host
- Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:39pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Chris Hayes, Washington editor of liberal magazine The Nation, will join MSNBC as a weekend morning show host, the network announced this week.
Hayes, already an MSNBC contributor, has filled in for “The Rachel Maddow Show,“ ”The Last Word With Laurence O’Donnell“ and previously guest hosted on ”Countdown With Keith Olbermann.” He will continue to appear as a contributor and will serve as editor-at-large of The Nation — also the home of Frances Fox Piven.
So who is Hayes?
For starters, he’s married to Kate Shaw, who works as an attorney in the White House counsel’s office.
He also has a history of being anti-conservative. In April, while guest hosting for O’Donnell the day after President Barack Obama released his birth certificate, Hayes said the “same dynamics” seemed to be in play for those who do not believe president was born in the U.S. and those who do not believe in global warming.
“The issue of the president’s origins is one thing. The reality is global warming quite another. There seem to be the same dynamics at play in both,” Hayes said.
In an interview with the Wrap Monday talking about his new show, Hayes discussed what he said was a lack of diversity in cable — filled with straight, white men.
“Cable news is very white, male and straight,” Hayes said. “I feel extremely strongly given the fact that I can‘t do anything about my own white male straightness that I have the duty to double down in efforts to make sure what we present is reflective of the diversity of the country at large in a way that cable news doesn’t always do a good job of.”
Back in December, while filling in for Olbermann one month prior to his firing, Hayes discussed a poll that found Fox News viewers to be the most misinformed among all news viewers (debunked here and here) and called the network a “fundamentally political institution:”
Hayes was also a member of the now-defunct JournoList, and in one set of released emails discussing how best to attack former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin just as she was named John McCain’s running mate, he was reported to have written, “Keep the ideas coming! Have to go on TV to talk about this in a few min and need all the help I can get!”
The as yet untitled program, which will focus on politics, will debut Sept. 17 and air Saturdays 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and Sundays 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
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Comments (133)
Whostolemypig
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:31pmAnother left winger that looks like a miscarriage that lived.
Report Post »affinnity
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 6:50pmKind of makes you wish his parents were more devoted to population control doesn’t it?
I enjoy being totally and completely misinformed on a daily basis by Fox News and all of the Conservative media to include Conservative Talk Radio.
A new generation of idiots is being indoctrinated by a new generation of idiots.
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 7:01pmThis guy is so far to the left, that he makes Bella Pelosi look like Ronald Reagan
Report Post »cherigc
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:14pmIs being extremely homely and ugly a prerequisite to working at MSNBC?
Report Post »Mr. Emmitt
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:21pmJust a wimpier version of Ray-Ray who probably had a rough childhood getting all those wedgies and swirlies.
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:30pmNo really, I didn’t know he was married I thought he was a flaming ****.. Seriously.. Oh well, guess my gaydar is a bit off these days..
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:25pmLooks like Maddow,
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 11:56pmSo what? 30 people just like him, and you, heard him say it. Big deal.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:34amWhere’s the story MSNBC hires another left winger and….?
Report Post »That‘s like saying the New Black Panthers added another black man to it’s membership.
If you think sh** over at MSNBC is going to change and they will take a more balanced approach to News YOU’RE AN IDIOT.
The day that outlet changes is the day they close the doors and hang a for sale sign on it.
Secret Squirrel
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:36pm.
MSNBC hires liberal host.
…and now to the news……
Report Post »michael48
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:22pmI figured he/she/it was madcow’s twin he/she/it brother/sister/trans whatever…I’ve seen he/she/it on occasion and seems to me he/she/it is “to stupid to breathe”…typical he/she/it Moron/Lib-Tard…next/next/next…uh….uh…uh…
Report Post »EdBoo
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:26pmYeah – he’s an arrogant know-it-all. Like the good lookin’ guy Maddow who is currently champion condescender (sp) at MSNBC. She feels that makes up for not knowing much except what was written for her tom read.
I’m hoping Hayes succeeds after awhile and gets a weeknight show. I want to see big ol’ dumb Ed walked out the door and over to Current TV with Doberman. He belongs there too.
Pretty soon Current TV is going to get all the MSNBC losers and loserettes.
Report Post »davida61
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:42pmPersonally, I thought they were the same person. They both look unisex. I’m just sayin.
Report Post »Sicboy
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:47pmIs there a story here? Are any of us surprised? NO. , get over it .Sorry for being so ruff Libs will do what libs do. Next subject.
Report Post »dscon
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:51pmi think she should have a dermatologist look at her melanubins/moles/what t f’s on her face and neck etc………………..
oh……. i am sorry for being callous(sp)
no i am not sorry…
what a confused homosexual!
i see what i see and it’s only my opinion……..
good god…….. freedom of speech is WAY cool!
Report Post »HKS
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:53pmHoooooooooooooooo Ray, another looser, fits right in.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 6:02pmPMSNBC can now claim to be a Direct mouthpiece for that POS in the Whitehouse.
Report Post »ConservativeResponse
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 6:03pmJust like all things Liberal, he will fail sooner than later.
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 6:33pmWhile it is true he can’t help being a white male he certainly can help being straight – he simply chooses not to…
Interesting he got two prime time slots on MSNBC – Saturday 7-9 AM, Sunday 8-10 AM.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 6:36pm@davida61
Don’t you mean Metro-sexual? men with feelings who can understand a woman….tell her what to wear and be right about what looks good on her.
Personally I like my men a little more butch.
Report Post »hillbillyinny
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 6:40pmI too thought that this “guy” and Maddow were the same person! I mean I really had to do a triple take the first time I saw him. Same look, same actions, same smirk and same arrogance.
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:23pmHillbilly- It could have been like an SNL show…. Madcow and this clown; the Pat & Pat show.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:18pmThey could hire Elvis and I still wouldn’t waste the electricity on them.
Report Post »Mr. Emmitt
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:17pmActually Ricky Madcow seems to be a little more manly than little Crissy. Both are wasting the planet’s valuable resources-namely the air they breathe and the space they take up.
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:25pmIf the regime wants us to reduce the amount of energy that the country wastes, we can start will pulling the plug on PMSNBC
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:37pmNotice though , notice how “Obsessed ” these POS liberals are with race ? Why not tell of the things he will be discussing not who the hell he is going to have on the show because, as he says, there is not enough diversity in T.V news and he aims to change that.. Typical liberal jackass..
Report Post »tckid17
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:18pmMSNBC always hires left wingers who are “Fair and Balanced”, just like the Debt Ceiling agreement.(yuk yuk yuk)
Report Post »denise55
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 1:07amIs that what they are. I personally think chris is really thr other half of madcow.
Report Post »Maybe chris is balanced to madow fair, no that can’t work. Maybe madcow is balanced to chris fair. Nope that doesn’t work either. Its an urban confusion problem..
Xpat48
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:17pmRacist homophobe Zyd!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:16pmAlways seems to be a connection; someone’s friend, brother, wife, husband, sister, in this white house. Don’t they just outright HIRE someone unknown? Looks like HE could be madcow’s brother, or maybe that’s Ellen Degenerate with glasses. Looks like a progressive-metro-sexual.
Report Post »Xpat48
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:12pmGod, the liberals have ugly looking people.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:41pmLooks like they may be afraid of being exposed to sunshine..
Report Post »must be a liberal thing..
amerbur
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:12pmI used to watch Morning Joe to get a look at what the left is up to. MSNBC is moving further left every day. . This hire has put them over the line. So long Joe.
Report Post »hillbillyinny
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 6:49pmI too watch Morning Joe. I believe in “know your enemy”! Every now and then others on there (not Rino Joe), let a goodie slip out that tells exactly how libs are thinking and what direction they are planning to go. I really could push Mika in the face much of the time as she is the shallowist, cultish, cat-fighter I’ve ever seen! Or maybe the Huffer, Ariana, gives her a run for her money.
Keep aware of the “enemies” tactics.
Report Post »Xpat48
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:11pmNa, not that “Goofy Looking”guy! ha?
Isn’t he another leftey ” **** ?”
Report Post »Divineliberty
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:16pmMSNBC hires a ‘left wing’ tv host…there’s a creative unexpected headline!
Report Post »Xpat48
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:19pmIsn’t he another lefty H.O.M.O?
Report Post »Tony
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:51pmI thought he was Alfred E. Newman until this articl revealed his name…..oh well, what me worry?
Report Post »NWalters78
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:05pmMSNBC- Mother-effing Sycophantic Nihilist Bolshevik Creeps.
Report Post »Wonko_the_Sane
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:04pmOh Man! This is gona be GREAT! I’m gona have to go out and buy at least 3 dozen foam bricks to throw at the tv. Oh, wait a minute, I just won’t watch it and save my money for important things like Food.
Report Post »stumblemouth
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:01pmHaving a story about MSLSD hiring another lefty shill/stooge is like announcing to the world that water is wet.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:05pmhow true and WHO on this board gives a flying pig anyway they are NOT going to tune in…
Report Post »cane247
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:53pmDitto
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:00pmWonder if he will work for $250K and give the rest to the government?
Report Post »wildwood
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:59pmWhat little I have seen of him is enough for me!!!!!!
Report Post »He is an arragant punk!!!!!!
MIBUGNU2
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:03pmLooks like Maddow, but much cuter.and much further left..
Report Post »elosogrande
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:57pmAnother stiff in the line up. Is Comcast trying to throw the game?
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 7:59pmHEY Comcast
THANKS for hiring another lefty liberal moonbat for LSD-NBC
Fits nicely with Meeka CuppaJoey and TinglesMatthews
AND another win win for the WHITE HOUSE
Everybody is married to a lawyer who works for Obummer a/o vice versa
BOBBY GIBBS? Where YOU hiding? Counting DemoCrapDollars for BO?
NO BO in 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:29pmProbably hoping for a bailout!
Report Post »michael.g
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:52pmIf a tree falls in the forest, and there’s no one to hear it, does it make a sound?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:02pmIf the liberal progressive husband of a administration worker hires on with the other clueless left falling propaganda machinery of Obama; does that make him any more honest or intelligent than the rest of MSNBC?
Report Post »USACommoner
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:03pmExcellent point.
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:05pmHold the Presses!!!! MSNBC HIRES LEFT WING HATER TO HOST SHOW!!! I had to use all caps for the headline, after all MSNBC has a long history of hiring honest, fair and balanced people to host their shows, Right?? Who the He** cares what MSNBC hires??? If they actually hired a real honest fair-minded person, that would be news. The fact that they hired another no-talent Odumbo suckup doesn’t even rate my hitting the next button on the stories….Just sayin’
Report Post »brickmoon
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:09pmIf a jackalope does his business in the forest, does he earn carbon credits?
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:17pmDoes a bear crap in the woods ……..o god the mysteries of the world ………………………………
Report Post »cosette
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 6:49pmIf a liberal speaks and there are no conservatives around to hear him is he still wrong? Answer- absolutely!
Report Post »TOPOFTHEGAME
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:50pmThe show could be called ““THE DUMB AND THE DUMBER””
Report Post »Zer0
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:50pmYay!!! MSNBC doubles down!!!!
Socialism or BUST!!!!
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:18pmMSNBC is the most annoying and boring station ever on the air. I hope he changes that and i hope he’s a true leftist.As it is now there’s not one person there i can listen to.it’s a hodgepodge of annoyance,verbally and visually..
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:37pmrose-ellen
Report Post »We know… you’re an Al Jazeera girl.
cosette
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 6:51pm@Rose Ellen- Put down the bong and crawl back under the burka. There now, good little Muslin.
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:33pmRose-Ellen It’s not that LSDNBC hosts are boring and annoying, it’s that liberals are!
Report Post »thom48708
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:50pmSuprised? NOT!!! By the way…..I thought Rachel Maddow was on vacation, but she’s been hosting all week!! Sorry….had to say that.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:54pmShe was banned from Dollywood I hear.
Report Post »USACommoner
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:05pmGONZO: Seems Dollywood is still practicing Don’t ask, don’t tell.
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:49pmno conflicts there…move along now, move along
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:49pmSo They hire another Commie to entertain their 4 viewers.
Report Post »SNAFU-WORLD
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:48pmA Saturdays and Sundays schedule (7-9AM) – OMG – what a laughable joke MSNBC programming continues to be.
It is well-passed the time someone puts a dissension petition (ATTENTION: GE STOCKHOLDERS) online for one and all to sign and send to its top (mis)management.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:48pmA bird has to sing, a dog has to bark and MSNBC has to hire liberal schmucks that nobody will watch.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:52pmTake a look a Drudge, Debbie Wasserman Schultz is quoted as saying: “We’ve Really Begun To Turn The Economy Around”
Report Post »I can’t stop laughing. Help me.
Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:07pm@GONZO- funny!
Report Post »Reflectionography
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:44pmMore of the same!
Report Post »Susan Harkins
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:43pmThe as yet untitled program, which will focus on politics, will debut Sept. 17 and air Saturdays 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and Sundays 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
PERFECT SCHEDULING — right during “cartoon time”! How fitting!
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:36pmHow’s this for a show name: More of the same, only piled higher and deeper
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