For seven hours, MSNBC hosted only conservatives and reporters to discuss immigration

by Media Matters (reposted)

Tue, Jun 12, 2007 7:15PM

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 : During the seven hours of the June 11 edition of MSNBC Live (9 a.m.-4 p.m. ET), 15 segments aired about immigration or the Senate immigration bill, none of which featured a Democratic or progressive commentator. Indeed, in nine of the 15 segments, the anchor interviewed a conservative anti-immigration activist who had opposed the bill -- including six separate solo interviews with MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan.

The remaining six segments consisted of two panels with Buchanan and conservative activist and Manhattan Institute senior fellow Tamar Jacoby (who, alone among the guests, favored the recent immigration bill), an interview with Congressional Quarterly immigration reporter Michael Sandler, an interview with MSNBC terrorism analyst Joe Cantamessa , and two reports from MSNBC congressional correspondent Mike Viqueira.

Buchanan appeared in one segment in each of the first four hours, giving two solo interviews each to MSNBC Live anchors Monica Novotny and Chris Jansing. Buchanan then appeared four times in the next three hours on MSNBC, giving two solo interviews and participating in two panels with Jacoby

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