Melissa Harris-Perry is refusing to host her MSNBC show in protest overย the fact that she has been preempted by election coverage for the past few weeks.
“Here is the reality: Our show was taken — without comment or discussion or notice — in the midst of an election season. After four years of building an audience, developing a brand and developing trust with our viewers, we were effectively and utterly silenced,” Harris-Perry wrote to her #nerdland staff in an email obtained by the New York Times.
“I will not be used as a tool for their purposes,” she continued.