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MEDIA GLENN KIRSCHNER Why I Left MSNBC ... a positive take ... Written by Glenn Kirschner PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSZ8NGhUgH0 Peter Burgess COMMENTARY I have watched Glenn Kirschner quite a lot as he did legal commentary during the past year or two with Brian Tyler Cohen and others. Some months back I started to expand my media consumption to include not only media with which I agreed, but media that I thought was completely wrong. I was motivaated to do this by the idea that I should 'know my enemy'. The problem with this is that the computer media algorithms are not diesigned for balance but exactly the opposite so my 'feeds' would lurch from being heavily pro-Trump to equally heavily anti-Trump. No wonder modern society is so divided when it is almost impossible to get a information feed using any sort of electronic device that is going to be reasonable balanced and comprehensive. So I am delighted that Glenn Kirschner is making a practical move to talk with all the main different communities and variety of viewpoints ... very much along the lines of what I have been doing. I hope this works ... it is an important step in the right direction! Peter Burgess
Why I Left MSNBC Written by Glenn Kirschner Feb 16, 2025 884K subscribers After 6.5 years as a legal analyst with NBC News and MSNBC, I asked to be released from my contract. The MSNBC leadership was very gracious and supportive, and agreed to release me. This video explains why I decided to leave MSNBC and what I'll be doing moving forward. I am now 100% independent in all of my legal analysis work, and I've just launched on Substack, where you can find my columns, my posts and my other work. I hope you'll consider following me on Substack (where I don't put any of my content behind a paywall): GlennKirschner.Substack.com Transcript 0:00 so friends after 6 and A2 years as a legal analyst with MSNBC I've decided to try something different I've decided to stop preaching to the converted and focus instead on talking and listening across the Great Divide can we talk about that because Justice matters [Music] hey all Glen kersner here so friends in what was a difficult decision I asked the good Folks at MSNBC if they'd be willing to let me out of my contract they were gracious they were supportive and they 1:00 agreed and with your kind Indulgence I think the easiest way to explain what motivated this decision and what I'll be doing next is to read a short piece that I authored titled why I left MSNBC and we'll talk about it on the other side why I left MSNBC for the past six and a half years I've had the pleasure and privilege of appearing on TV to discuss and analyze the legal issues of the day I'll be honest growing up as a rough and tumble kid in Jersey someone who was far more interested in playing football wrestling drinking beer with my buddies and getting in minor scrapes with the law I never thought anyone would give me the opportunity and yet I became an onair legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC discussing legal developments involving 2:00 among other things criminal investigations and prosecutions of a president of the United States having spent 30 years as a federal prosecutor first as an army Jag prosecutor for more than 6 years then as a Department of Justice lawyer at the dcus attorney's office for 24 years Prosecuting cases in the courts of Washington DC I was comfortable discussing legal issues involving criminal investigations and prosecution the way I looked at it after talking to juries for 30 years about the facts and the law I could probably talk for 3 to four minutes at a time as I looked into a TV Camera don't get me wrong as I sat in the MSNBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Center the day after I retired from the Department of Justice about to appear on television for the first time I was pretty damn nervous I know I can talk to a jury I 3:01 thought to myself but I have no idea if I can talk on TV but as I started answering questions from the anchor Alex wit I settled in and the nerves subsided a bit I've often told the story of how at the end of that first appearance Alex said on air quote Glenn consider yourself booked for next weekend that was an incredibly generous and reassuring thing for her to say signaling that I must have done okay I'll always love Alex wit for those kind words shortly thereafter MSNBC offered me a contract as a legal analyst and I've been with them ever since until just a few weeks ago I relished the opportunity to explain the legal developments of the day developments that not only came at Breakneck speed but that often were accompanied by a healthy dose of Spin and dis 4:00 information I was convinced that discussing what were often complex or confusing legal issues in a way that was understandable to everyone was valuable and important my job title was legal analyst but my mission was to translate legal Le to English and to separate disinformation from truth I talked about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and the prosecutions that that investigation produced I covered for MSNBC The prosecutions in Washington DC of Roger Stone Steve Bannon the oathkeepers proud boys and others often running to the cameras outside the courthouse to provide real-time legal analysis of what was unfolding in the courtroom I discussed and analyzed the criminal cases against Hunter Biden and Senator Bob Menendez and of course I discussed the legal development in the 5:00 criminal investigations and prosecutions of Donald Trump for me enforcing the law has nothing to do with whether the defendant is a republican a Democrat or an independent it's about the facts and the law after a few years of regular sometimes daily appearances I had a growing concern was I making a positive contribution to what appeared to be the continual erosion of the vitality of the rule of law was I doing anything of value in the battle for a healthy American democracy the concern I think I tried for a long time to ignore or suppress was whether I was reaching diverse audiences put another way was I penetrating conservative bubbles or was I just preaching to the converted I think it's fair to say that relatively few Trump supporters watch MSNBC and relatively few Biden Harris 6:02 supporters regularly tuned in to Fox News Nation or other right leaning Outlets these days we don't seem interested in talking across the Great political divide rather we Retreat to our separate Echo Chambers not trying to convince or even talk with the other side it's become US versus them with seemingly little effort to try to appreciate or understand why we've been driven so far apart I find objectionable the notion of America being made up of us and them I've always maintained that it's not us and them it's just us different kinds of us different flavors of us perhaps with different ideologies and political preferences but not really with different priorities we want a good life for our kids we want to be safe we want to be healthy we want to be happy we want a 7:02 fair opportunity to move forward to succeed in life these are the things we have in common these are the things that should bind us together the things on which we can agree but if we can't even talk with one another how can we ever begin to bridge The Divide so I decided to do something different I don't pretend it will have some huge impact I'm just one voice still if we put enough voices together we can create a chorus that just might be heard I decided to offer myself up to any and all conservative news outlets to talk about the legal issues of the day from the perspective of a career Federal prosecutor I see Democrats like former Transportation secretary Pete Budaj and representative Eric swalwell appearing frequently on right-leaning networks to provide their take on issues their 8:02 counterpoints to the points being made by the program's anchor and or other guests now I'm not suggesting I will be as effective or compelling as budajudge or swalwell but I've decided there's more value in at least trying to reach a wider audience rather than just remaining comfortably in my own bubble given that my contract prohibited me from appearing on other news networks I made the difficult decision to ask MSNBC if they would consider releasing me from my contract I assured them I would not break my contract but was hoping they would understand my desire to try to communicate with some of my fellow Americans who likely don't spend much time watching MSNBC The MSNBC leadership was very gracious and supportive and agreed to release me with the only ask being that 9:00 I didn't sign as a legal analyst with anyone else during the next 6 months I gladly agreed to those terms a quick note about Independent Media versus mainstream media now I'm not going to launch into an attack on what these days is being referred to as Legacy Media or corporate media but I do think some of what als's America can be attributed to Media Outlets that decided to cover the 2024 campaign as if it were a normal election cycle it was not Trump is a convicted felon for crimes he committed in 2016 to conceal important information from the voters of New York about his unsuitability to be president he's also an adjudicated insurrectionist per a Colorado trial court and the Colorado Supreme Court a ruling that the United States Supreme Court Court neither contradicted nor disavowed when 10:02 it took up the Colorado case and of course we all saw what Trump incited on January 6 2021 so 2024 was no normal presidential campaign more recently I watched as cable news networks covered Trump's speech and Q&A session at the economic Forum at Davos Trump's address included lies half-truths and insults yet some networks broadcast his diet tribe largely uninterrupted and with little or no factchecking comment or correction I view this as damaging to our democracy and anathema to responsible journalism so I'm opting to be 100% independent in what I do moving forward in my writing my commentary and my daily legal analysis videos here on my Justice 11:02 matters YouTube channel as well as the legal breakdown videos I do with Brian Tyler Cohen on his YouTube channel building a bridge in these times of deep political and societal divisions isn't easy I may be just one voice but I'm making a commitment to this Mission doing this now in the urgency of the moment so friends as a result of leaving mainstream Media or Legacy Media or corporate media whatever you want to call it and going 100% independent uh I just launched on substack now a couple of things to know I don't put anything behind a pay wall on substack so you can go there for free you can follow me or they call it subscribing but none of my work will be behind a pay wall you can see whatever it is I'm writing what I'm posting the videos I'm putting up there every day 12:01 second if you want to go to substack and find my work it's just Glen kersner dos substack docomo find third you may still see me from time to time on any number of mainstream media Outlets left right or Center but I will not be a paid contributor or a paid legal analyst I will be 100% independent but I hope to go on media Outlets across the political Spectrum to talk about the importance of the rule of law to the continued not only Health but viability of our democracy and then finally friends let's finish up with this I not only welcome but I value your thoughts your suggestions your feedback about this new direction I've chosen and as you may know by now you can always send me a message at my website Glen kersner dcom 13:03 I promise you that I read every message even though it's hard to reply to many of them but you all are my focus group and I not only welcome but value your thoughts your observations your suggestions about what it is I've decided to do not just talk but listen across the Great Divide but one thing will never change friends we will all remain in this mess together and that's the way we will win this battle for the rule of law and for a healthy American democracy together because Justice matters friends as always please stay safe please stay tuned and I look forward to talking with you all again tomorrow [Music]

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