Melissa Harris-Perry Fired by MSNBC

MSNBC has severed ties with left-wing host Melissa Harris-Perry after her public fight with the network over her show being pre-empted by election coverage, according to multiple reports.

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MSNBC decided to let her go after a critical email to her colleagues saying, “Our show was taken – without comment or discussion or notice – in the midst of an election season.” Harris-Perry announced earlier in the week that she wouldn’t appear on her program Saturday morning, saying she felt “worthless” to the network. Harris-Perry, whose show aired Saturday and Sunday mornings and often focused on racial politics and culture, implied race was an issue in MSNBC’s treatment of her, saying she was not a “brown bobble head.” More...

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