10,000 12,000 15,000 18,000 have signed our petition urging MSNBC to reinstate Mehdi Hasan's show.
This petition has been prominently highlighted by The Nation, The Washington Post, and Politico.
It has also been endorsed by Representative Maxwell Frost, who Tweeted the day it launched, "I just signed this petition and you should too!" and former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, who also urged his followers to sign.
Join the thousands who are signing the petition on this page:
MSNBC, we need MORE hosts and guests who challenge power and conventional wisdom – not less. Keep Mehdi Hasan as a host of his own show.
Mehdi Hasan is known for challenging power, questioning conventional wisdom, and giving oxygen to narratives that counter the establishment.
Social media has been filled with posts about this issue from prominent media, cultural, and political leaders including:
- Bipartisan congressional voices like former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, and Reps. Frost, Pressley, Omar, and Khanna
- Major media voices like NYT’s Jonathan Swan, NYU Journalism Professor Jay Rosen, Bulwark Editor-in-Chief Charlie Sykes
- Luke Skywalker Mark Hamill
- Former Obama speechwriter Tommy Vietor
- Former NAACP President Sherrilyn Ifill