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MS Now

U.S. left / center-left (progressive opinion-driven cable news)

MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, is a U.S. cable news channel owned by Versant, the cable-network company Comcast spun off in January 2026. Its prime-time lineup is built around left-leaning and progressive commentary. Its coverage of the second Trump administration is broadly critical, and in September 2026 the White House barred its reporters from covering the White House.

Owned byVersant Media Group, a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: VSNT) that Comcast spun off on January 2, 2026. Comcast kept no ownership stake. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts holds about one-third of Versant's voting power through Class B shares.

LeaningU.S. left / center-left (progressive opinion-driven cable news)

On the administrationbroadly critical

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5.1average bias score across 41 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

5 Federal Judge Orders DOJ and DHS Not to Threaten or Coerce Election Workers Over Noncitizen-Voting Claims Through Nov. 16
3 Supreme Court Asks Hillary Clinton to Respond by Nov. 27 to Trump's Petition to Revive His Dismissed 2016 Russia-Probe Lawsuit
4 Trump Administration Has No Current Plan to Back Flávio Bolsonaro's Claim to Brazil's Presidency, Sources Tell Reuters
4 Trump Cancels Kansas and Iowa Rallies, Shifts to Phone 'Tele-Rallies' in at Least 19 States Before Nov. 3 Midterms
5 Justice Department Charges 18 Noncitizens in North Carolina With Voting Illegally in 2024, Bringing the State's 2026 Total to 30
6 Supreme Court Lets New Hampshire Reject Student IDs at the Polls for Nov. 3 Election; Jackson Dissents
5 Trump Lifts 50% Tariff on Plywood, Seaweed and Other Canadian Goods Sought by Sen. Collins, Adds Carpets, Paints and Freezers, Effective Oct. 30
5 Long Beach Mayor Asks for Independent Probe After U.S. Citizen Is Hurt in Oct. 17 ICE Arrest; DHS Says Agents Used 'Minimum Amount of Force'
4 Trump Rallies in Greenville for Whatley as Two October Polls Show Cooper Leading N.C. Senate Race by 7 and 14 Points
4 Omar's Lawyers Say Agents Broke a Judge's Search Rules and Ask for Her Property Back; Justice Department Says It Obeyed All Court Orders
3 Supreme Court Blocks Appeals Court's 48-Hour Deadline for FCC to Rule on Party Ad Discounts; Sotomayor and Jackson Would Have Denied
6 Judge Kelly Issues Preliminary Injunction Keeping CNN, MS NOW and Politico Reporters at the White House, Finding the Ban Likely Viewpoint Discrimination
4 Trump Campaigns for Husted and Ramaswamy in Youngstown, Calls Sherrod Brown the Candidate of 'Marxists' and Says 'Somalia Bandits' Do Not Belong in Ohio
4 Marimar Martinez, Shot Five Times by a Border Patrol Agent in Chicago in 2025, Sues the U.S. Government
4 Tillis Memoir 'How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents' Goes On Sale; He Calls His Hegseth Vote His 'Biggest Regret'