Melissa Harris-Perry 'highly unlikely' to return to MSNBC

[spanone]

"Melissa Harris-Perry" the TV show ended not with a celebration or a cancellation, but with a tug of war over Beyoncé.

It was Super Bowl Sunday. The previous afternoon, Beyoncé surprised her fans by releasing a politically charged new song, "Formation."

Conversations about race, gender and politics are a cornerstone of Harris-Perry's acclaimed talk show. But executives at MSNBC wanted her to just cover presidential politics that day — no time for "Formation."

"Her executive producer had to fight for it," according to a source who recounted the skirmish.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/27/media/melissa-harris-perry-msnbc/index.html

[bdwker]

1. When your boss asks you to use your talents to talk politics....

talk politics.

you can talk about "Formation" another time.

Stupid, stupid,stupid.

Great move , Melissa.

OMT....I don't think CNN or FOX news are going to be banging on her door anytime soon.

[Mira]

2. What you are saying is that she should have

made use of the good old German excuse:
"....just doing what I'm told"
Principles are at work here, not blind or self serving obedience.

[Old Codger]

3. You got it

Time for them to stand up for their shows... she did, apparently some others didn't but she did the right thing.

[bdwker]

4. Agree 100%

She stood by her principles.

(And she lost a great gig.)

[Reter]

10. Awful comparison

You're comparing barbaric slaughter to a normal boss. It's like being a janitor, and your boss tells you to clean the woman's bathroom now, because there's a mother's conference going on (female ratio today is 9 to 1 woman), and then you decide to clean the lunchroom, despite it being 2:00.

Yes, you do do what you're told when you have a boss, unless it's something extraordinarily bad or illegal.

[Mira]

11. You think?

Comparing Bathroom and Lunchroom cleaning time slots vs. creating and hosting two national shows with thousands of viewers who expect quality work don't much compare either - in my mind. I think Melissa rocks, and I am proud for her having the courage to stand up and bear the consequences.

[bdwker]

12. Principles...Job.....Principles....Job...

Principles...Job.....Principles....Job...Principles...Job.....Principles....Job...


"i'll pick principles about some stupid video by Beyoncé"


Great choice Melissa.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. YOu realize that this was about politics as well

just not the politics white owners want talked about? And yes, there is quite of coded racism in the media

[malaise]

20. Rubbish

Comcast has taken GEM$NBC and flung it in the toilet with tasteless haste.

[pintobean]

5. When someone refuses to do their job

and implies that their employers are racists, I think that's pretty much quitting.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/msnbc-will-cut-ties-with-show-host-who-wrote-critical-email-to-colleagues/2016/02/27/bce30c8e-dd82-11e5-891a-4ed04f4213e8_story.html

MSNBC intends to part ways with host Melissa Harris-Perry after she complained about preemptions of her weekend program and implied that there was a racial aspect to the cable-news network’s treatment, insiders at MSNBC said.

Harris-Perry refused to appear on her program Saturday morning, telling her co-workers in an email that she felt “worthless” to the NBC-owned network. “I will not be used as a tool for their purposes,” wrote Harris-Perry, who is African American. “I am not a token, mammy or little brown bobble head. I am not owned by [NBC executives] or MSNBC. I love our show. I want it back.”

[Mira]

6. She has a prestigious gig

as a professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem NC where I live. She happens to live in walking distance from my house, and I noticed her house lit up and populated this weekend. I am assuming she is well, and I do not worry about her. She has everything going for her, including a lot of courage, and probably a clear conscience and enhanced self esteem.

[linuxman]

7. Winston-Salem here too!

[Mira]

8. It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood

won't you be my neighbor?
Very cool!

[linuxman]

9. There is LITERALLY

not a cloud in the sky.

[aikoaiko]

13. What a damn shame for most of us. As a white person she made me think about black lives.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. I hope the people who worked her show still have jobs.

I know she's a professor, and she's probably well set up financially by now. I just hope the people who worked for her don't suffer because of a kerfuffle over Beyonce.

[philosslayer]

21. Not necessarily...

Until last year she owed $70K in back taxes and working on a repayment plan to pay them off.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/04/17/melissa-harris-perry-debt/25930775/

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. Ok, she dodged some taxes, and the IRS caught up with her

to make a $70,000 tax error takes quite an income.

[TheDormouse]

16. I want to hear her explain what she meant by "I am not a token, mammy or little brown bobble head"

Maybe she'll go on record on that after things cool down a bit.

[LittleBlue]

17. It's MSNBC's fault for hiring this wackjob

She said Darth Vader was racist because his outfit is black and he abandoned his son. Not kidding, go look it up. She also wore tampon earrings.

[bdwker]

22. See post #15

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

18. Too bad. MSNBC liberals are getting whiter, younger, and geekier all the time.

Rachel = Chris = Steve = Ari

No Ed, MHP, Rev to break the monotony. I already miss MHP.

[GOLGO 13]

19. Now that is how you burn a bridge! Not with a matchstick but with a modern day flamethrower.

Shame she will now be know for her epic meltdown than for her good work. Brilliant move.

[Kingofalldems]

23. I see the right wingers are already on the attack.