If you subscribe to the belief that race and gender ought to matter more than merit, then you must live by this creed. When MSNBC, a far-left “news” network known for its embrace of identity politics, recently failed to live by this standard that it demands of everybody else, it paid a steep price.
Late last week the network shared a Los Angeles Times story about the top “five female anchors who now shape most of the daytime news programming at MSNBC.”
Though each of the five anchors was chosen for a legitimate reason — because each of them hosts a daily weekday “news” program — MSNBC’s far-left base took offense to the post.
Look at MSNBC’s post:
The five female anchors who now shape most of the daytime news programming at MSNBC. https://t.co/VJniTZEIZU
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 6, 2019
Though not included in the post, MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski, a white woman, shared it as well:
.@SRuhle, @NicolleDWallace , @mitchellreports , @KatyTurNBC and @HallieJackson – you ladies Know Your Value! #knowyourvalue @MikaKYV365 @yasminv and I are proud to start off this fantastic line up on MSNBC every morning!https://t.co/DHo4I0nY6E
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) June 6, 2019
Do you see anything wrong with the post, save for the fact that all five women — Stephanie Ruhle, Katy Tur, Hallie Jackson, Nicolle Wallace and Andrea Mitchell — are far-left partisans/commentators versus the “journalists” that MSNBC portrays them as?
The story itself by the Times is just as milquetoast as the tweet above. It simply describes each woman, provides an overview of her show and points out how women are leading the charge at MSNBC.
The only legitimate criticism one might have is that the story should have been about the top five hosts versus the top five female hosts. But given how fond the left is of identity politics, it’s not hard to understand why they chose this route. It’s also not hard to understand why this route backfired so spectacularly on them.
Observe the reactions to MSNBC and Brzezinski’s posts:
Congrats to all. They are great, sharp and this is well earned. But there are no people of color in this photo. It’s 2019. It’s America. There’s no excuses. And everyone should be embarrassed by it. https://t.co/NjYx9hHx5z
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) June 6, 2019
In 2019, MSNBC can do better. #DiversityandInclusion https://t.co/yDYEM9U5MW
— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) June 6, 2019
your newsroom needs more black people https://t.co/YgoqVX01mf
— David Dennis Jr. (@DavidDTSS) June 6, 2019
Zero women of color in this picture. https://t.co/16g4EMVm34
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) June 6, 2019
When the term “women” is used, it’s hardly ever used inclusively I noticed
— Exavier Pope (@exavierpope) June 6, 2019
The five white female anchors…….. not one POC shaping daytime news programming? #WhereIsJoy
Y’all should have not tweeted this. Sigh— Saddie?: That’s it. That’s the tweet. (@Saddie06) June 6, 2019
Looks about white
— Warren 2020 (@TaraWisdomeyes) June 6, 2019
So you got rid of Melissa Harris Perry and Tamron Hall and you have Joy Reid. You’ve got anachronisms like Matthews. You’ve got regular strong people like Tiffany Cross who could headline a show. It’s great to see women but women come in more than one shade.
— Portia McGonagal of Winterfell (@PortiaMcGonagal) June 7, 2019
Blinded by the white.
— Benjamin Compson (@BengyCompson) June 6, 2019
No women of color? Not one? MSNBC while I enjoy many of these women, where are the women of color, they have value too!
— Mary Louise (@gardnersmith21) June 7, 2019
Where is Joy Reid? White privilege in all it’s glory.
— Unity1966 (@unity19661) June 7, 2019
And there it is.
The inconvenient truth that the enthusiastic practitioners of identity politics rarely realize — or least not til it’s far too late — is that there’s always a bigger victim.
MSNBC loved the Times’ story because it thought, “Hey, women are victims and have been oppressed, and here we are going out of our way to rep them. Aren’t we awesome?”
But what about black women, huh!? Not to suggest that the inclusion of black women in MSNBC’s daily line-up would change a thing. Why not? Because then the question would simply become, what about transgender women? Or what about disabled women? Or what about one-legged lesbian women who are half black, half Asian and worship the Islamic God Allah!?
Once you embark on the road of identity politics, there is no end. There will always be another victim who’s more allegedly oppressed and victimized than you. It’s a simple but fundamental point that conservative commentator Ann Coulter understands all too well:
Watching MSNBC and wondering: Why does Phil Griffin think transgenders aren’t good enough to host a show on his network?
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) May 20, 2019
MSNBC has done such a wonderful job spreading intersectionality to the rest of the world! Why no transgenders on their own network? #NBCHaters
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) May 20, 2019
Which reminds me: Why does MSNBC put all its black hosts on the low-rated weekend ghetto? This must change! #ParityatNBC #NBCWhiteNationalists
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) May 20, 2019
When Coulter sarcastically posted these last month, leftists on social media pounced on her for her “stupid” and “crazy” tweets:
— Robert Driemeyer (@RobertDriemeyer) May 20, 2019
Oddly, this may be the 3rd or 4th craziest words uttered on this account all week
— Columbia Journo (@ColumbiaJourno) May 20, 2019
It would be refreshing if Ms. Coulter would just admit she is racist and be proud of it.
— ?️? Mad Madrigal ?️? (@LisaColemanAus1) May 20, 2019
What does it feel like to have millions of people thinking you’re repugnant ? You’re just a terrible person. It’s obvious why Trump dragged you around for a minute. He even got tired of you. Not even Trump can stand you. Let that sink in.
— donna januario (@DonnaJanuario) May 20, 2019
Only about a month has passed since Coulter posted those tweets and was subsequently tarred and feathered, and yet here the left is now acting exactly how she’d slyly predicted they’d one day behave.
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