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   News of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett being accused of   
   orchestrating a fake hate crime has dominated the news cycle the   
   past 48 hours, with everyone from President Trump to some 2020   
   Democratic candidates to your local barista chiming in – but   
   anyone who relies on MSNBC primetime for their news might not   
   know it even happened.   
      
   The hosts of MSNBC’s primetime lineup have oddly avoided the   
   ongoing scandal surrounding Smollett, staying stone silent both   
   Wednesday and Thursday nights about a story that has commanded   
   the attention of the nation.   
      
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   “All In With Chris Hayes,” “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “The Last   
   Word With Lawrence O’Donnell” and “The 11th Hour With Brian   
   Williams” did not utter Smollett’s name the last two nights as   
   news unfolded that Smollett was being charged with orchestrating   
   an elaborate hoax involving two "bogus" crimes -- one involving   
   an alleged attack, and one involving a threatening letter --   
   allegedly all in order to get a pay raise.   
      
   Jussie Smollett written out of final two episodes of 'Empire'   
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   MSNBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.   
      
   "To downplay or ignore the Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax   
   charges is a politically biased journalistic choice. The   
   Smollett case represents the collapse of a cherished MSNBC false   
   narrative, that Trump supporters supposedly are racist,   
   homophobic and violent," Cornell Law School professor and media   
   critic William A. Jacobson told Fox News.   
      
   Much of the far-left network's recent primetime coverage was   
   dedicated to remarks made by former Deputy FBI Director Andrew   
   McCabe, the legal trouble surrounding Roger Stone, the Mueller   
   investigation and a variety of President Trump-related stories.   
      
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   MSNBC has covered the story during the day, even bringing on a   
   guest to float a theory that Trump-supporting cops could be   
   lying about the case. But the absence of the Smollett story   
   during primetime raises eyebrows, especially since rival liberal   
   network CNN has been all in.   
      
   Smollett maintains innocence after being chastised by Chicago PD   
   for hate crime 'hoax'Video   
   DePauw University professor and media analyst Jeffrey McCall   
   told Fox News that “the Smollett matter is not widely   
   significant compared to international affairs, the economy and   
   political failures in Congress” in the greater scheme of the   
   news world but “the media latched on to the Smollett situation   
   and told the nation that this story was huge because of the   
   broader sociocultural issues involved,” so MSNBC’s decision to   
   ignore it during primetime is odd.   
      
   “Given that the Smollett matter has been so much in the news   
   over the last several weeks, it seems curious that MSNBC would   
   fail to provide suitable coverage in primetime when the Chicago   
   police provide the latest development. And it's not like there   
   was a ton of other breaking and high-impact stories happening   
   yesterday that would have squeezed Smollett developments off the   
   agenda,” McCall said.”   
      
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   Late on Wednesday, Smollett was charged for filing a false   
   report. He turned himself in to the Chicago Police on Thursday   
   and was released on a $100,000 bond. While the story received   
   coverage during daytime programming, primetime delivers the   
   largest audience for the cable news network.   
      
   Jussie Smollett case reignites debate on racism, hate crimesVideo   
   Even stranger, MSNBC’s verified Twitter account has been   
   providing updates on the Smollett case while it goes ignored by   
   the network’s biggest stars. Daily Caller media editor Amber   
   Athey pointed out that MSNBC’s primetime hosts didn't appear to   
   cover the story when it first broke either – and she doesn’t   
   agree with the decision.   
      
   “Fox News and CNN also repeatedly led with Smollett's charges   
   and arrest during their primetime shows because they recognize   
   that this is a story that captured the nation,” she said. “MSNBC   
   is free to choose what they want to cover, but their decision to   
   completely ignore one of the biggest stories in the country   
   involving the intersection of race and politics suggests their   
   operating with a severe bias.”   
      
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   Smollett initially told police he was attacked by two masked men   
   as he was walking home from a Subway sandwich shop at around 2   
   a.m on Jan. 29. The actor, who is black and gay, said the masked   
   men beat him, made derogatory comments and yelled "This is MAGA   
   country" — an apparent reference to President Donald Trump's   
   campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again" — before fleeing.   
      
   But that isn't how police say it all went down, and the 36-year-   
   old has changed from being the seemingly sympathetic victim of a   
   hate crime to being accused of fabricating the entire thing.   
      
   Media Research Center vice president Dan Gainor told Fox News   
   that the media have been a huge part of the Smollett story so   
   it’s peculiar that MSNBC would ignore it during primetime.   
      
   “Lefty MSNBC would rather have the sound of silence that the   
   sound of inconvenient truth,” Gainor said.   
      
   Fox News’ Sasha Savitsky contributed to this report.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/msnbc-avoidance-of-jussie-   
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