Editing MSNBC (section)

===Allegations of conservative bias===
Others have argued that MSNBC has a bias against progressive politics. [[Phil Donahue]]'s show was canceled in 2003 due to his opposition to the Iraq War, and Donahue later commented that the management of MSNBC required that "we have two conservative (guests) for every liberal. I was counted as two liberals."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Poniewozik |first=James |author-link=James Poniewozik |date=April 26, 2007 |title=Watching the Not-Watchdogs |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2007/04/26/im_not_generally_in_the/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103181349/http://entertainment.time.com/2007/04/26/im_not_generally_in_the/ |archive-date=January 3, 2020}}</ref> [[Cenk Uygur]], after his departure from MSNBC in 2011, said that MSNBC management had told him "people in Washington" were "concerned about [his] tone,"<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 22, 2011 |title=Cenk Uygur Leaves MSNBC After Being Told to 'Act Like an Insider' |work=[[Democracy Now!]] |url=http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/22/rejecting_lucrative_offer_cenk_uygur_leaves |url-status=live |access-date=September 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017050928/http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/22/rejecting_lucrative_offer_cenk_uygur_leaves |archive-date=October 17, 2014}}</ref> and that he "didn't want to work in a place that didn't challenge power."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martel |first=Frances |date=July 21, 2011 |title=Cenk Uygur Out at MSNBC |work=[[Mediaite]] |url=https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cenk-uygur-on-why-he-left-msnbc-i-didnt-want-to-work-in-a-place-that-didnt-challenge-power/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917215318/https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cenk-uygur-on-why-he-left-msnbc-i-didnt-want-to-work-in-a-place-that-didnt-challenge-power/ |archive-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref>

Others have also noted that MSNBC anchors tended to be [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] or [[Centrism in the United States|centrist]] and wealthy.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Bustillos |first=Maria |date=November 15, 2019 |title=MSNBC public editor: Who exactly are these people? |url=https://www.cjr.org/public_editor/msnbc-anchors.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115151430/https://www.cjr.org/public_editor/msnbc-anchors.php |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |access-date=January 18, 2021 |website=[[Columbia Journalism Review]]}}</ref> For example, in 2000, host [[Joe Scarborough]] received a 95 rating from the [[American Conservative Union]] and supported [[anti-abortion]] policies when he was a [[U.S. representative]], while host [[Stephanie Ruhle]], a former [[hedge fund]] manager, declared, "I don't have any political ideals that I'm tied to." Former host [[Chris Matthews]] identifies as a "liberal" but voted for [[George W. Bush]] in 2000, while current host [[Nicolle Wallace]], a registered [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], worked for both Bush and [[Sarah Palin]].<ref name="auto" />