And we have been there (laughter) for several years, and I'm proud of what we've done.įOLKENFLIK: He says MSNBC's shift to rolling coverage of politics through all parts of the day was real but temporary. PHIL GRIFFIN: We have both feet planted in the 21st century, in the changing face of America and how things look.
I am not a token, mammy or little brown bobble head." Phil Griffin takes exception to those words. HARRIS-PERRY: You get larger audiences during an election year, and so that is exciting but also, you know, a little bit of, you know, irritation for us as a show because although we certainly care about elections, we don't love horserace coverage.įOLKENFLIK: In that now-infamous memo, Harris-Perry wrote, quote, "our show was taken without comment or discussion or notice in the midst of an election season." She continued, quote, "I will not be used as a tool for their purposes. Melissa Harris-Perry says she didn't want to become yet another political anchor just reading the latest polls. MSNBC rebranded itself the place for politics and has won stronger daytime ratings as a result.
Several liberal opinion shows went by the wayside, though primetime stayed the same. Du Bois described in the soul of black folks the veil behind which black life takes place.įOLKENFLIK: Under new NBC News Chairman Andy Lack, the cable network shifted toward a newsier sensibility, sort of NBC cable news during today.
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(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY") Her show's focus on the intersections of race, history, politics, popular culture and gender made her a distinct presence on cable news. She has also had a two-hour show on Saturdays and Sundays for the past four years on MSNBC. She's an endowed professor at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Both sides spoke to NPR's David Folkenflik about the breakup.ĭAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE: As she'll be the first to tell you, Melissa Harris-Perry's day job involves academia. In the note, she accused NBC executives of attempting to silence her. The network fired Harris-Perry after she wrote a sharply worded note to colleagues. The TV host Melissa Harris-Perry and her network, MSNBC, recently parted ways, and the split was pretty ugly.