Yes, Sir! How Low?

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Wed, 26/02/2025 - 01:00
Updated
Wed, 26/02/2025 - 01:00
“Message received” MSNBC’s new network president, Rebecca Kutler, saluted He Who Would Be King last week and said, “Yes, Sir! How low?” Kutler offered in sacrifice a half-dozen of its anchors (and their production teams). The network plans to relocate some to new ensemble-format shows. Former Obama administration official, Brandon Friedman, posted an image of ousted anchors (above) and remarked, “Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.” Timothy Snyder warned us. And warned us again. And again. “Do Not Obey in Advance.” Democracy Now! spoke with Snyder back in December on how corporate America was “bending” to Donald Trump “following ABC News’s decision to settle a Trump defamation case by donating $15 million to his future presidential library.” “There is a problem when the people who have the most money set the example of yielding to power first,” Snyder said. “It’s textbook anticipatory obedience.” Lester Holt is exiting his slot as anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News” after a decade. Ayman Mohyeldin is losing his weekend evening show. Alex Wagner will surrender her 9 p.m. weekday show to Jen Psaki once Rachel Maddow completes her first 100 days of the Trump administration stint in that time slot, The Guardian reports: Along with Mohyeldin’s weekend evening show, the network is also cancelling Katie Phang and Jonathan Capehart’s shows. The plan is for Capehart, like Mohyeldin, to host a new show, and Phang would continue as a legal correspondent. Wagner will stay with the network as a senior political analyst. The cancellation of…