Historian who wrote Biden speeches loses paid MSNBC contributor gig

By Mike Brest

Published November 9, 2020 9:35pm ET

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Historian who wrote Biden speeches loses paid MSNBC contributor gig — Presidential historian Jon Meacham will no longer be a paid contributor on MSNBC after he assisted Joe Biden’s speechwriting team without disclosing it on air. Meacham helped write the presumptive president-elect’s “victory” speech, delivered in Delaware on Saturday night, and others, the New York Times reported on Monday. He was on MSNBC both before and […]

Presidential historian Jon Meacham will no longer be a paid contributor on MSNBC after he assisted Joe Biden’s speechwriting team without disclosing it on air.

Meacham helped write the presumptive president-elect’s “victory” speech, delivered in Delaware on Saturday night, and others, the New York Times reported on Monday. He was on MSNBC both before and after Biden’s acceptance speech, and on both occasions, he failed to disclose that he helped shape the speech.

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