ICYMI. (You did not, of course.) Medhi Hasan’s take-downs are what people watch MSNBC for. Chris Hayes (MSNBC primetime host): The nature of this business is that people who are supremely talented sometimes have shows cancelled. It’s rough every time, but it comes with the territory (lord knows I’ve been close myself!) But I just want to say that @mehdirhasan is one of the most talented broadcast journalists I’ve ever seen or worked with and probably the single best interviewer in American TV. Grateful to have him as a colleague. Taylor Lorenz (Washington Post technology and online culture columnist): Mehdi is literally one of the only people in cable TV with a moral compass still intact. What a huge loss Washington Post: Although Hasan was not among MSNBC’s top-rated stars, his segments often went viral on social media, where users celebrated his takedowns of conservatives such as former Trump adviser John Bolton and Israeli government adviser Mark Regev. During a Nov. 16 interview on his show for NBC’s Peacock streaming service, Hasan pressed Regev on the children killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes. When Regev said that Hasan had seen photos of dead children “because they’re the pictures Hamas wants you to see,” the host responded, “and also because they’re dead, Mark. They’re also people your government has killed.” The segment, as shared by Hasan, was viewed nearly 6 million times on X, formerly known as Twitter. The British-born Hasan, who formerly worked for Al Jazeera English and the Intercept, began…