MS NOW (formerly MSNBC)

MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) gives its 9 p.m. show to Jen Psaki, President Biden's former White House press secretary, and its 7 p.m. co-anchors include former Biden-Harris aide Symone Sanders Townsend and former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele. Its opinion section's Election Day 2026 columns made the case for a Democratic House and criticized MAGA and Turning Point efforts.

Editorial record means the rating rests on the outlet's documented record, such as its editorial board's endorsements, the stated purpose it was founded for, its opinion lineup or its published commitments such as an ethics policy. Scope: Prime-time opinion lineup and Opinion section · US politics. Confidence: medium. What these mean

Evidence

• Show page for The Briefing with Jen Psaki, Tuesdays to Fridays at 9 p.m. ET; describes the host's former role in the Biden White House. “The former White House Press Secretary for President Joe Biden”
• Show page for The Weeknight, weeknights at 7 p.m. ET: co-anchors include former Biden-Harris aide Symone Sanders Townsend and former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele. “a senior member of the Biden-Harris administration” (MS NOW)
• Show page for PoliticsNation, weekends at 5 p.m. ET: host Al Sharpton founded the National Action Network, which the page calls a progressive civil rights organization. “founder of his own broad-based progressive civil rights organization, the National Action Network (NAN)” (MS NOW)
• Show page for Deadline: White House, weekdays at 4 p.m. ET: host Nicolle Wallace worked for George W. Bush and John McCain. “a former White House Communications Chief under George W. Bush” (MS NOW)
• MS NOW Opinion section, Nov. 3, 2026: columns argue for the value of a Democratic House and criticize MAGA and Turning Point efforts in the midterms.

Limits of this rating

• This rating covers MS NOW's opinion programming and opinion section; its straight news reporting is not covered by this rating.
• MS NOW does not label the network or its prime-time hosts left or right, and its lineup includes former Republican officials as well as former Democratic aides, so this rating is a lean. The columns read are from one day.
• msnbc.com now redirects to ms.now. The record shown here is recent; a longer documented record could raise the confidence.

First draft by Sol, our AI editor, on Nov 3, 2026. Rewritten and checked against the evidence pages by Claude, an AI system, which can change the draft's label. Accepted by our human editor on Nov 3, 2026, as part of a batch.

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