Last week, reports surfaced claiming MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin was included in a round of cuts at the network. He has shared those claims are greatly exaggerated.
To end his weekend show, Mohyeldin shared that his program being removed from the schedule at MSNBC was due to a contract extension and a change in timeslot rather than his complete departure.
“This week, several headlines claimed that my show had been canceled and that I was leaving the network,” Mohyeldin said. “That incorrect news created a wave of commentary and criticism about which voices can be heard and which cannot on mainstream cable news, especially when it comes to coverage of the Middle East. And it is important for me that I set that record straight.
“I’m not leaving the network. In fact, quite the opposite. Despite the challenging and fearless ways we have covered stories on this show for more than two years, MSNBC has offered to extend my tenure at the company. It has also offered me to launch a new show that gives my voice and others more expanded hours of coverage on Saturday and Sunday.”
Mohyeldin will join the revamped morning show The Weekend, which airs on both Saturday and Sunday on MSNBC. The previous hosts of the show — Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez, and Michael Steele — were added to the network’s daily lineup in place of The ReidOut with Joy Reid.
During his commentary this weekend, Ayman Mohyeldin shared that, despite the change in timeslot, he won’t alter from how he covers the news.
“One thing that won’t change is my promise to you, the viewers, that I won’t stop talking about the difficult stories and challenging topics that others don’t cover,” he concluded.
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