Prominent Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan quits MSNBC rather than accept demotion from anchor to contributor

Prominent Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan has decided to quit MSNBC rather than accept a demotion that saw him lose a regular Sunday night program on the network. Hasan announced at the end of his Sunday show that “I’ve decided to look for a new challenge. This is not just my final episode of ‘The Mehdi Hasan Show,’ it’s my last day at MSNBC.” The network had announced in November that Hasan would lose his weekly show after three years but would remain as an analyst and fill-in anchor. That decision,...