Former MSNBC host Ed Schultz has joined RT America, where he will host an 8 p.m. show called simply News with Ed Schultz.
“I am very excited to be joining RT,” Schultz said in a statement. “The network is firmly established outside of US corporate media and is not afraid to give a platform to diverse voices, stories and perspectives to its viewers, even if it ruffles some mainstream feathers. I can’t think of a better fit than a news broadcaster that bullishly pursues issues that matter to hardworking Americans.”
MSNBC cancelled The Ed Show in July 2015 amid a move away from progressive political programs and back to news.
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As Schultz told us in a Media Beat interview several years ago, his path to TV news was not the traditional one: