MSNBC announces new head, Phil Griffin is out

[Bev54]

Rashida Jones will now head up MSNBC. Does this mean we can get rid of Chuck Todd now?

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/breaking-phil-griffin-reportedly-out-as-msnbc-president-will-be-replaced-by-rashida-jones/

[Gothmog]

1. Can we also rid of Chris Hayes

Phil Griffin was hayes’ protector

[moonscape]

5. No :( Don't watch him but leave him for

those of us who really like him!

[XanaDUer2]

8. I like him

he's very passionate. I hope he stays.

[bdamomma]

22. I like watching him too.

nt

[seleff]

9. I Like Chris Hayes

Pretty intelligent analysis. Even when he goes out on a limb, and he's not afraid to admit when he was wrong. But that's my opinion.

[lostnfound]

10. I like him a lot. Human, honest, earnest, respectful, refreshing. Nt

[Xipe Totec]

11. I love it when he does the town hall format; very effective and absorbing. nt

[Gothmog]

17. Why was Hayes giggleing during this interview with Susan Sarandon?

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[NurseJackie]

20. That was sickening to watch. He's just a little fan-boy, isn't he?

[moonscape]

29. He said "don't you think that's dangerous?" n/t

[lostnfound]

45. I would laugh if Sarandon opined in front of me

Right up until I... become nauseous? Threw a shoe or pie in her direction? Ran out of the room screaming?

[Gothmog]

16. Chris Hayes promoted Tara Reid's lies and should have been fired for that stunt

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[BannonsLiver]

12. I think Chris is fine -- as long as it's not primary season.

The last two cycles he’s openly cheered for someone who did not get the nomination. The one that I really want to see go is Melber. He’s TERRIBLE.

[OnDoutside]

15. I agree, he was utterly biased in the primaries, but he is otherwise very good in his slot. Also

agree about Melber, after a bright start he has been a disappointment - too much of a lightweight.

[moonscape]

33. I liked Melber a lot when he was subbing and was glad when

he got his show. Watched him a lot but gradually stopped. He has been disappointing but I'd be fine if he returned to subbing.

[Gothmog]

24. #FireChrisHayes trended on twitter due to the biased and unfair way Hayes reported the Reid issue

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[Cha]

35. Exactly! Well Said, Alfonso Robinson.

TY Goth!

[betsuni]

40. +10000000000000000

[davekriss]

31. I agree with that

[Cha]

34. Yes, CH was beyond

horrible when that season was going on.

He really blew it giving TR a platform without any Fact Checking.. and when people Pushed back he made some stupid gaslighting comment like he's smarter than anyone. No.

[Gothmog]

44. Hayes was very biased during the primaries

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[Brainstormy]

13. NO. I like Chris.

But maybe we can bring back Keith Olberman.

[Liberal In Texas]

14. I like Chris...hands off!

[NurseJackie]

19. I wouldn't mind that.

And that hyperactive guy with the election maps. I'll be he drives his boyfriend crazy if he acts like that 24 hours a day.

[USALiberal]

25. Lol, not going well for you! Nt

[Gothmog]

27. ReallY?

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[davekriss]

30. Absolutely not! He's terrific!

[uponit7771]

37. He at least deserves half the chances Todd had

[Gothmog]

42. Hayes was wrong to push the Tara Reade story

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[Greybnk48]

39. I like Chris Hayes.

He's a solid liberal.

[AmericanCanuck]

43. Chris Hayes has to go

He has to atone for the Tara Reade mess promoted by supporters of a certain persuasion.

Chris is a tool and not a journalist. I also detest him rolling his eyes back while thinking - a TV person on camera should never do that.

[unblock]

2. I did not have Angie tribeca becomes network president on my 2020 bingo card

Fortunately this sounds like a much better surprise than such things have been going lately....

[targetpractice]

3. This is a very funny joke. n/t

[Dennis Donovan]

6. .

[USALiberal]

26. I loved that show! Nt

[unblock]

28. It became pretty formula pretty quickly, but yeah, a lotta fun

First few shows, mrs. Unblock and I were hard-to-breathe laughing so hard....

[uponit7771]

38. +1

[XanaDUer2]

4. Good nt

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[brooklynite]

18. Ah, someone new to hate...

[GoCubsGo]

21. Maybe she can talk Keith Olbermann into returning.

[bdamomma]

23. Nah

As much as I like Keith, he likes being a free spirit, no restrictions for him on his new format. He can say whatever he wants to say.

[Dem4Life1102]

32. Some of the on air need to start worrying about their jobs

Griffin is known to have protected certain people. Now that he’s gone so is their protection.

[Tarheel_Dem]

36. I certainly don't wish for anyone to lose their job right now, but I agree, he's awful.

I despise hosts who fanboi on tv. It's like they grew up, and now they have a platform to invite all their weird childhood heroes, and they gush like idiots. It's the reason I can't stand to watch Melber anymore. I'm hoping Rashida will do some much needed updating to the lineup.

edit: This post was meant to be a response to Gothmog. Sorry about that.

[Hortensis]

41. What's Rashida Jones agenda? And for that matter, what was Griffin's?

Here's a little from the NYT's article on Griffin's retirement. And it is very little, nothing about what she believes, but she is obviously a competent business executive. I have trouble believing any new direction will find liberal Chris Hayes too conservative.

Rashida Jones, a senior vice president for news at MSNBC and NBC News, will become the first Black woman to take charge of a major television news network. Ms. Jones, 39, currently oversees daytime news coverage for the network and breaking news and specials for NBC’s broadcast news division. Her promotion, announced by Cesar Conde, the chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, is another big shake-up in the network’s management ranks. Mr. Conde, who formerly ran Telemundo, took over the news division this year after Andrew Lack** departed following a bumpy tenure.

Ms. Jones ... joined NBCUniversal seven years ago. ... a steady ascent: Beginning last year, she was the executive producer for a pair of primary debates that set ratings records for a Democratic presidential contest. This past April, she was handed oversight of MSNBC’s daytime news coverage, and within three months, she had added weekend news programming to her portfolio. By the fall, Ms. Jones produced two town-hall events with the 2020 presidential candidates and helped supervise preparation for Kristen Welker, the NBC correspondent who moderated the second presidential debate to glowing reviews. ...

Ms. Jones will assume control of a news network that reached ratings highs as a safe space for liberals enraged by President Trump, and is now pondering how to retain those viewers after the chief villain of its prime-time programming leaves office.

She also inherits a slate of network stars, some of whom are deeply loyal to Mr. Griffin, 64, the executive who joined MSNBC at its founding in 1996 and put in place much of the channel’s current lineup. Besides handing Ms. Maddow her prime-time break in 2008, ... Mr. Griffin recalled his more than three decades at NBC, including memories of working with Jane Pauley and Bryant Gumbel at the “Today” show ...

A vegetarian and spinning class enthusiast, Mr. Griffin distinguished himself as a boisterous executive with a knack for managing the large egos of television news. Mr. Griffin wrote on Monday that, after Election Day, he told NBC leadership “that the time felt right to hang up my cleats.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/business/media/rashida-jones-msnbc-president.html

** Andy Lack is the one who "fixed" ailing Meet the Press by installing Chuck Todd, giving him a daily version to sic him on vulnerable daytime viewers during the 2015-16 election season.