MSNBC Gives Conservative Radio Host Hugh Hewitt a Show

The Hollywood Reporter ^ | 6/22/2017 | Jeremy Bar

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Here are some sites and articles to indicate my point. I’m not going to beat a dead horse with a whole bunch of them, and they are easy to find, but this may help illustrate my theory. The paragraph below the line is my writing so I don’t make you think it’s part of the articles.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/scarborough-battles-hewitt-on-media-bias-hugh-please-dont-embarrass-yourself/
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/Hugh-Hewitt-Democrats-graves-attacks/2017/01/24/id/770260/
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hugh-hewitt-to-avoid-stephanopoulos-moment-in-gop-2016-debate/article/2560661
Here are some headline articles from Media Matters for America, a liberal site, concerning Hewitt’s promotion at MSNBC:
Conservative talk radio host and Trump supporter Hugh Hewitt will host his own show on MSNBC. Hewitt, who has called himself a “‘reluctant Trump’ voter,” has a history of flip-flopping on Trump and his policies. He’s been critical of Trump, even calling on him to be removed as the nominee twice during the presidential campaign, but has also defended him during his campaign, transition, and presidency. Hewitt’s record suggests he will simply serve as a Republican shill on MSNBC and will continue spreading his right-wing punditry and misinformation.
TVNewser: Hewitt to host show on MSNBC. TVNewser reported on June 22 that conservative talk show host and MSNBC contributor Hugh Hewitt will host a half-hour show on Saturday mornings on MSNBC, premiering June 24. [TVNewser, 6/22/17]
Hewitt’s promotion comes amid NBC and MSNBC elevating conservative voices. Recently, NBC and MSNBC have made extensive efforts to elevate conservative voices as well as engaging in problematic access journalism. [Media Matters, 1/4/17; 2/2/17]
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Hewitt is being set up for doing the exact thing Alan Combs did at Fox for many years, only being the conservative voice. Combs was a blatant liberal that even lied a few times to try to offset questionable tactics by Bill Clinton among others. He was put on the screen to be a backstop for the conservative talk and to propel an opposite opinion. The other commentator that does that at Fox on occasion is Juan Williams who I also think walks the fence like Hewitt. But as I mentioned, neither one would stay at MSNBC as they would never be willing to lean totally to the left as is the requirement of that network.
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