== Bias ==
[[File:Trump-lawyers-letter-to-msnbc.jpg|leftright|thumb|300px|Trump lawyers demand a retraction and public apology for a Trump-Russia collusion smear after the Mueller Report; within two hours NBC complied.]]
Publicly, the channel claims to be a non-biased, journalist driven news network. In reality, they are Democrat-aligned to the point that they were perceived as the press Secretary for the [[Obama Administration]]. On several occasions, Obama Administration officials have stated their public support for MSNBC.
The [[left-wing]] advocacy group Media Matters for America<ref>[http://mediamatters.org/ Media Matters for America homepage] www.mediamatters.org</ref> has criticized the MSNBC's commitment to promoting a left-wing agenda since the channel has had shows hosted by [[Libertarian|left-libertarian]] [[Tucker Carlson]] and former moderate [[Republican]] Congressman [[Joe Scarborough]]. Ironically, on August 16, 2007, Scarborough revealed an incident in which people in the MSNBC newsroom ceaselessly booed [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush|Bush]] during a State of the Union address.<ref>http://newsbusters.org/node/14899/print</ref>
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In the past, MSNBC shows have featured Mitch Albom, [[Ann Coulter]], Phil Donahue, [[Bill Moyers]], [[Maury Povich]], and [[Michael Savage]], among others. That varied programming was gradually reduced as MSNBC veered more [[leftist]] in its point-of-view. Among MSNBC's 2008 lineup, [[Patrick Buchanan]] was perhaps the most conservative voice.