The former MSNBC host discusses Zeteo, making impact as a progressive journalist, and where the media has failed.
host launched his own media company, Zeteo, on April 15, and things are hectic — in a good way. After Hasanin its first two weeks. While a standard subscription costs $8 per month, or $72 per year, many subscribers have paid a whole lot more.
“I think history will judge those of us who had platforms in this moment in time, and used those platforms to either ignore the plight of the Palestinians, dehumanize Palestinian children, who are literally starving to death, and instead … our media platforms, our Twitter accounts, and primetime shows to create a moral panic about Jewish, Arab American, and white atheist protesters on college campuses,” says Hasan.
Hasan notes his MSNBC clips often went viral, including among people who “don’t normally pay attention to progressive journalists.” And he’s proud of managing to platform people who wouldn’t typically be invited on the cable news channel.
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