Journalist Mehdi Hasan and his program “The Mehdi Hasan Show” will be heading to MSNBC. The show has been airing on the NBC Universal streaming service Peacock since its debut in October last year.
However, the program is now heading to prime-time, and the first guest for Hasan in his new slot will be Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). The decision to move Hasan’s show is to add more left-leaning opinion hosts to its lineup, as they tend to attract more viewers than general news coverage.
In the past, Hasan has occasionally filled in for Chris Hayes’. The MSNBC journalist will continue with his confrontational interview style in prime time. Along with being a political analyst at MSNBC, Hasan was a journalist for Al Jazeera, hosting a show called “UpFront.” Furthermore, he has also been a senior columnist for The Intercept and the host of that outlet’s podcast “Deconstructed.”
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