Why Would MSNBC Allow Mark Burns On The Air...Yet Again?

MSNBC should be ashamed for allowing Trump supporter Mark Burns to appear on air.

By Rickey Hampton, Editor and Founder of TheAfricanAmericanAthlete.com,

Once again Saturday morning (1/13/18) MSNBC committed journalistic malpractice by allowing Mark Burns to appear on Joy Reid’s (AM Joy) show. Somebody, who apparently had never taken a journalism class in their life, decided it would be a good idea to interview Burns, who worked as a Trump surrogate during the campaign until he was caught lying damn near every time he opened his mouth.

What makes the producer of that segment think that we want to hear anything this man has to say, after all the blatant lies he told during the campaign?

Consider this, even the Trump campaign, that was based on lies, thought Burns’ lies were so bad, they benched him.

Yet, MSNBC, after spending a week, show after show, paying lip service to the notion that journalists and commentators who desire to preserve their constitutional protections as this nation’s fourth estate, must earn and regain the public trust in their ability to provide truth, abandoned that notion to a self professed liar.

And they did it again on Reid’s show. Her interview with Burns offered little insight, and lots of lying from Burns regarding Trump’s recent comments about Haiti, El Salvador and Africa.

This actually speaks to a larger problem, that I believe helped get Trump elected.

There was no accountability for people making false statements during the campaign. That must change. If a surrogate, or spokesperson, doesn’t speak factually about clearly defined subject matters that are known to be true, they shouldn’t be brought back.

Three strikes and you are barred. Let the livelihood of these surrogates be attached to their ability to establish and maintain faith with the audience they endeavor to persuade

MSNBC owes its viewers an apology for allowing Mark Burns, the fake Kappa Alpha Psi wanna be, who claimed to be a member of the fraternity, but he isn’t. Click the video link to see Burns busted by CNN.