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Alex Wagner Is Replacing Rachel Maddow Tuesday-Friday on MSNBC

Wagner’s show debuts on Aug. 16, and the name has not been announced.

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1 month ago

June 27, 2022

This year marked the transition of Rachel Maddow away from being a daily news host at MSNBC as she works on other projects, which is part of her new contract. As a result, it’s been a revolving door of hosts filling for Maddow’s time away.

However, that’s all about to change as Alex Wagner is succeeding Rachel Maddow as the weekday host of MSNBC’s 9 p.m. hour, four days a week, Tuesday through Friday.

In an interview with the New York Times, MSNBC president Rashida Jones shared the news about Wagner being the new permanent host for the four days that Maddow is away.

“This is not a show where our hair is on fire, and we’re yelling past each other, and we’re creating these manufactured moments of tension. I really want the takeaway from this show to be a better understanding of what’s happening in the world,” Jones said regarding the show’s format under Wagner.

Wagner rejoined MSNBC this past February as a political analyst and guest host in primetime, mostly filling in for Maddow and occasionally for Chris Hayes. Furthermore, Wagner becomes the only Asian American to host a primetime cable news show.

Her show debuts on Aug. 16, and the name has not been announced.

Eduardo Razo

Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.

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Chris Wallace: Democrats Would Like Another Nominee in 2024

Wallace said Democrats don’t want Biden to run again in 2024 because of his age.

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5 hours ago

August 9, 2022

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Chris Wallace joined CNN’s “At This Hour” to discuss a New York Times article suggesting that President Joe Biden shouldn’t run again.

According to a transcript published on Breitbart, Wallace said Democrats don’t want Biden to run again in 2024 because of his age.

“I think 75%of Democrats say they would like to see another Democratic nominee for president in 2024,” said Biden.

Wallace said he’s witnessed farewells plenty of times, especially in the media, which he referred to as the gold watch sent off.

“Look; obviously, the success after a lot of stalemate, the success of the last month or so by Joe Biden is impressive, and it will change the narrative,” Wallace said. “We will be talking about everything he has accomplished.”

‘You know what, I’m excited by the idea of a guy who on next inauguration day would be 82 running for election again,’ I’m not so sure about that,” he added.

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Ryan Hedrick serves as the Assistant Program Director and Co-Host of the Morning News Express at WFMD. Prior to WFMD, he hosted an afternoon program at News Talk 103.7 FM in Chambersburg, PA. He has worked at Sirius XM in Washington D.C., WBEN in Buffalo, NY, and for stations in Baltimore, MD. He has also worked at WIBW-AM in Topeka KS, earning the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) award for Major Market enterprise reporting in 2016. To connect with Ryan, find him on Twitter @SureToCover.

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News Media Reacts to FBI Searching Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Resort

CNN reports that the former President corroborated the information that FBI agents were at Mar-a-Lago and stated, “they even broke into my safe.”

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5 hours ago

August 9, 2022

Eduardo Razo

On Monday, news broke that the FBI executed a search warrant at former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

The search warrant is part of the inquiry into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents, that Trump may have been brought there.

CNN reports that the former President corroborated the information that FBI agents were at Mar-a-Lago and stated, “they even broke into my safe.” He was at Trump Tower in New York when the search warrant occurred in Florida.

There’s plenty of reaction from both sides of the news media aisle, here’s what some had to say:

Would not be surprising if FBI deliberately scheduled execution of the search warrant for a time when Trump was out of town.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 9, 2022

The FBI must be legally and formally dissolved.

What happened to President Trump is positively stunning and a mark of unchecked government power.

I no longer recognize the country I live in. Left or right, we must all come together to fight this evil.
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) August 9, 2022

This FBI raid on Donald Trump’s residence makes him far stronger. It confirms every allegation he’s made about the political nature of the DOJ & it looks wildly desperate. A failing president who knows he’s on track to be crushed desperately trying to take out his top rival.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) August 9, 2022

The current director of the FBI who signed on the warrant and whose agents executed is a lifelong republican appointed by… TRUMP
— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) August 9, 2022

We won’t know how fully insane the FBI raid on Trump is until we see the warrant and warrant application. But after Russiagate – years of investigation predicated largely on Clinton campaign misinformation — if the basis for this isn’t bedrock-solid, there should be hell to pay.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 9, 2022

Clearly nobody told Trump that you don’t keep important documents in safe. You keep them in a Crown Royal bag. FBI never would have found them.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) August 9, 2022

No special counsel for Hunter’s cocaine, hookers, tax evasion, and selling of his dad’s office to China

But FBI raids former president Trump’s home looking for random documents

Seems legit
— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) August 8, 2022

The Director of the FBI is a lifelong Republican who was appointed by Trump.
Spin that you chub crackers.
— Chip Franklin.com (@chipfranklin) August 9, 2022

If these snakes think the raid on Trump is going to somehow make his supporters turn against him, they are as STUPID as we thought! This is only going to cause the MAGA movement to dig in deeper. We see you and we see how slimy and disgusting you are trying to weaponize the FBI!
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) August 8, 2022

Quite something to hear people who helped Donald Trump ACTUALLY stage an attempted coup to overthrow the US government to stay in power, say tonight that today’s FBI raid against Trump, is a coup attempt by Joe Biden to stay in power.

It’s always projection with these freaks.
— Fernand R. Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) August 9, 2022

FBI Assault on America: FBI took boxes from Trump's offices, the same corrupt agency that framed Gen.Flynn, tried to frame Trump with fake Steele Dossier, faked FISA documents. Now this. We are a nation in deep crisis tonight. Nothing will be the same again.#TheGreatAmericaShow
— Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) August 9, 2022

My reaction when I was live on #RolandMartinUnfiltered @blkstarnetwork to the news of the FBI raiding Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago home. #ChurchHappyDance pic.twitter.com/uu6aTe42eP
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) August 9, 2022

The FBI desecrated Trump's house, America. You think he's going to turn the other cheek? May God have mercy on the FBI…
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) August 9, 2022

Will Trump announce his 2024 run for the White House on an earlier timetable now that he’s been paid a visit by the FBI?

He will scream about yet another “witch hunt” and use it as a platform to campaign and fundraise.

He needs the POTUS office to protect against prosecution.
— Katie S. Phang (@KatiePhang) August 8, 2022

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Trey Gowdy: InfoWars’ Alex Jones Tells Lies for Money

Gowdy tore into Jones, recounting the horror of Sandy Hook and the grieving process from the parent’s perspective in his monologue.

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10 hours ago

August 9, 2022

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Last week, a verdict announced that InfoWars’ Alex Jones must pay $4.1 million in compensatory damages to the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, who was murdered in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Fox News host Trey Gowdy tore into Jones on Sunday, recounting the horror of that day and the grieving process from the parent’s perspective in a lengthy monologue.

“How does someone capable of exploiting the pain, of denying the obvious gain any audience in this country?” Gowdy said of Jones. “Why would anyone go on his show? On the list of despicable things to do – telling the parents of murdered children that their children really weren’t murdered ranks pretty high.”

“We shouldn’t need a jury, or a judge or a courtroom to condemn that kind of person and behavior. He tells lies for money and then when his own money is on the line, he admits the obvious. The only war he is waging is on the truth.”

Gowdy became the latest cable news media host to rip into Jones as MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan went after the talk show host and the Republican Party for giving him legitimacy to Jones by appearing on his program.

“Alex Jones should have been rejected by Republican leaders and lawmakers, but instead, he was shamefully embraced,” Hasan said.

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