Mehdi Hasan Will Leave MSNBC After Network Canceled Sunday Show

I never liked his angry Arab schtick. To me, he was like MSNBC's answer to Tucker Carlson...except nobody watched Hasan.

Plenty of us watch him, r1, and we're sorry to see him go.

Medhi held Israel's feet to the fire and was a critic of Israel's barbarism intentionally killing innocent Palestinians by dropping bombs on apartment buildings and hospitals.

And now he's gone because he confronted the Jews.

R1. Hassan's hosting duties were not "schtick."

Hasan has a history of of misogyny, antisemitism, fundamental Islamist views and he's pro-life. Why progressives embraced him, I don't know.

Hasan has defended his anti-abortion views in print, writing "What I would like is for my fellow lefties and liberals to try to understand and respect the views of those of us who are pro-life" in an October 2012 online column for the New Statesman.[37] Hasan argued that the issue of abortion "is one of those rare political issues on which left and right seem to have swapped ideologies: right-wingers talk of equality, human rights and 'defending the innocent', while left-wingers fetishise 'choice', selfishness and unbridled individualism."

During a sermon delivered in 2009, quoting a verse of the Quran, Hasan used the terms "cattle" and "people of no intelligence" to describe non-believers. In another sermon, he used the term "animals" to describe non-Muslims

MSNBC was right to fire his Islamic fundamentalist ass.

He has a face for radio anyway.

Questionable anal hygiene.

Very sorry to see him go. He is a master at grilling powerful people in government.

R9, The long-awaited return of Anne L. Lingus, MD.

Take Yasmin with you!

R5 if you are going to copy and paste from Wikipedia, you should show it is from Wikipedia or at least remove their citation footnotes. Harvard Presidents have been fired for less.

I loved him and will miss him. I hope he’ll turn up on Al Jazeera America.

I’ve longed to apply frankincense and myrrh oil to his bare behind, now it appears this is never going to happen.

R12 is Katy Tur.

I guess the top brass at MSNBC no longer likes it when their hosts give guests tough questions and do not let them slide with non-answers or changing topics. if you want to give soft-ball questions, I'm sure CNN will have you on board.

[quote]Hasan has defended his anti-abortion views in print, writing "What I would like is for my fellow lefties and liberals to try to understand and respect the views of those of us who are pro-life" in an October 2012 online column for the New Statesman.[37] Hasan argued that the issue of abortion "is one of those rare political issues on which left and right seem to have swapped ideologies: right-wingers talk of equality, human rights and 'defending the innocent', while left-wingers fetishise 'choice', selfishness and unbridled individualism."

So he wants to restrict women from terminating unwanted pregnancies, and presumably wants women to die rather than have doctors terminate a pregnancy resulting in a miscarriage, but he's doing it from a "leftie liberal" perspective so that's ok!

He is most famous in the UK for delivering a rant about the Daily Mail on a tv show, only for the Daily Mail editor to release a grovelling letter from Hasan asking to write for them. SURPRISE: when it comes to social issues, Hasan is a religious conservative and now he can campaign for a religious conservative via an anti Biden campaign.

Just don't let him come back to the UK, please.

Leopard doesn't change his spots.

Does this mean MSNBC will bring me back to anchor my weekend show?

Zionism takes another trophy scalp

Rashida has too many Muslim men on schedule. All Mehdi did was make up her mind which one to remainder.

Exactly, R18. He's not a liberal at all so I don't know why so many here like him.

R5 Yeah and what did he have to say about gay marriage too? Cause he’s made homophobic comments in the past as well.

[quote]In old recordings that resurfaced this week but have percolated for years, Hasan compared non-Muslims and atheists to “cattle” and included “homosexuals” in a long list of behaviors and categories which he said argued were transgressive of Islam.

[quote]Zionism takes another trophy scalp

Boo hoo, Jew haters gonna cry sweet salty tears

Hasan's words to the Daily Mail

[quote]Although I am on the left of the political spectrum, and disagree with the Mail’s editorial line on a range of issues, I have always admired the paper’s passion, rigour, boldness and of course, news values. I believe the Mail has a vitally important role to play in the national debate, and I admire your relentless focus on the need for integrity and morality in public life, and your outspoken defence of faith, and Christian culture, in the face of attacks from militant atheists and secularists. I also believe – as does Peter – that I could be a fresh and passionate, not to mention polemical and contrarian, voice on the comment and feature pages of your award-winning newspaper.

"Morality in public life", "defence of faith", "militant atheists"

He's a religious conservative who would be at home in the Republican party.

I'm so happy plastic surgery nightmare who rushes through copy, Yasmin Vossoughian's sorry ass will be off hosting anything. Katy Tur is on another level, Yasmin at R16.

This was 11 months ago

[quote] NBC's Yasmin Vossoughian opens up about why she hasn't been on air in a few weeks, telling viewers that a common cold lead into the development of Myocarditis, causing inflammation around her heart.

R26 not all Jews are Zionists.

Most of my Jewish friends and acquaintances in NY are moderate or secular.

And plenty of moderate or secular Jews are Zionists.

The majority of Jews are Zionists.

This is the real reason they go rid of him, turns out his ratings were good all along.

[quote]Rashida has too many Muslim men on schedule. All Mehdi did was make up her mind which one to remainder.

Really? So when is she going to give the numerous black hosts a haircut too? Every fill in host is black lately, have you noticed? She defiantly prioritizes race over journalistic ability. Have you notice no Mexican man are allowed on that channel unless they look white? No gay men unless they are effeminate and black? How come there are no gay bear types? Body shaming issues? Certainly ok with big black woman but no men? Mehdi was one of the best on the channel.

[quote]Hasan has a history of of misogyny, antisemitism, fundamental Islamist views and he's pro-life. Why progressives embraced him, I don't know.

Think again.

lol the trolls at work digging up crap he said in the past and has since repudiated.

And yes, absolutely what r3 said. The real reason he was canceled is because he asked the uncomfortable questions about Israel’s ongoing barbarity.

THIS is what I call journalism. He paid a price as a result, unfortunately.

I hear he's going to volunteer in Gaza.

I'm sure he'll end up on RT like all the other far left loons who were fired from MSNBC.

Poor guy, needs to peddle is wares on Al Jazeera America.

Getting rid of Mehdi is proof MSNBC has given up on real journalism. And Surprise, Surprise, Surprise, their claim that it was because of low ratings turned out to be false.

Hilarious how many people are making this religious conservative nutjob the Walter Cronkite of MSNBC.

Hilarious you think people under 60 even know who Walter Cronkite is.

You think people watching MSNBC are under 60?

Wait, so I'm confused...is he actually a Christian, or does he just side with them over Jews because Jews are pro-choice? I feel like it must be the latter, because Christians (at least the fundie types) fetishize Israel and so at least have to pay lip-service to showing solidarity with Jews (even though they secretly want to convert them all).

R47 - Hasan’s comments on social issues are well known. How that makes him a liberal or progressive is beyond me. Islam is a deeply regressive religion where gay rights and women’s rights don’t sit easily.

But do what you and defend him by turning the subject on to republicans.

R48 Did you mean to respond to someone else? I'm not sure how my response expressed any of the ideas you are arguing against...

And he's back at Qatari funded Al Jazeera

I want to hate fuck him then throw him off the roof.