Former MSNBC Producer Confirms Yang & Other Outsider Dems Were Blacklisted by MSNBC

Former Democratic Presidential Candidate, Andrew Yang, currently hosts his own Podcast called “Yang Speaks” and recently hosted an episode with former MSNBC Producer Ariana Pekary. Interestingly enough, the former producer who quit from her position in August of this year had detailed of her experiences and spilled controversial information which has caused some public upset. In an open letter she published after her resignation she specified how commercial networks are a “cancer” of America’s democratic values. Soon after her visit on Yang’s show, she revealed on Twitter how Yang was blacklisted from an MSNBC show called “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.” Asserting her stance on the matter by stating “Actually, I just reviewed my journal. On 4/25/19, I was told that we were never to pursue Andrew for an interview on our show (along with several others). The list of candidates was dictated, but the reasons for allowing them or not were not explained.”

This story bears striking resemblance with Ed Schultz, a former MSNBC host, conformed he was fired in 2015 because of his support for Bernie Sanders and had gotten close to formerly announcing the beginning of Bernie Sander’s 2016 presidential campaign for United States President. Schultz, who had recently passed away in 2018, told National Review‘s Jamie Weinstein in an interview that MSNBC chief Phil Griffin was a “watchdog,” and Schultz claimed he was often given direction on what stories to cover. Sanders gave his official campaign launch speech in Burlington, Vermont on May 26, 2015, and Schultz said he was the only cable news host planning to air it live. He had also taped an interview with Sanders at the lawmaker’s home ahead of the speech. However, he said Griffin called him five minutes before air time at 5 p.m. EST, and he said, “You’re not covering this.” The Pekary exposure has given MSNBC criticism in the past few days for it’s unethical and malpractice of powers. With people reminding the news network provider of its only duty to give all candidates a fair hearing and proper exposure for the American people to judge and evaluate as the next leader of the free world.