MSNBC Cancels Planned Show for Alex Wagner As Network Becomes Noticeably Whiter 

As Politico pointed out, José Díaz-Balart also hasn’t appeared in his usual time slot recently, and isn’t on the scheduled list of hosts for the networks coverage of the upcoming Florida presidential primary, despite the fact that he’s based in Miami. And the Washington Post was given a list from someone close to Harris-Perry of all the other non-white contributors and panelists who are suddenly either gone or have had their airtime noticeably diminshed:

People close to Harris-Perry compiled a list of names of those with minority backgrounds who’ve been dismissed or assigned to lesser roles in the past year. The list includes program hosts such as Al Sharpton, Alex Wagner and Joy Reid, and African American contributors and pundits such as Michael Eric Dyson , Touré , Karen Finney and Goldie Taylor. Three other African Americans who have appeared as panelists and pundits — Janet Mock, Dorian Warren and the Rev. Jacqui Lewis — now mostly appear on Shift by MSNBC, the network’s little-viewed digital channel.

At the same time, Ted Cruz’s fired campaign spokesman Rick Tyler was hastily hired for a job as a “political contributor” the same week he got canned for lying about Marco Rubio.

On Sunday, director Ava Duvernay tweeted at MSNBC, asking if they’d bumped an interview she did from Flint, Michigan because she spoke supportively of Melissa Harris-Perry during it:

The interview, with anchor Joy Reid, ultimately aired later that night.

Alex Wagner. Screengrab via YouTube/Washington Free Beacon