Van Susteren and MSNBC are finished, just as the liberal-leaning network hires Hugh Hewitt and Bret Stephen
After a six short months Greta Van Susteren is officially parting ways with MSNBC. The longtime Fox News host tweeted the news on Thursday afternoon. “They let her go, ” her husband John Coale said, to CNN. “We’ re working out contract issues now, ” he added. She will be replaced by MSNBC’s chief legal correspondent, Ari Melber. In a statement to employees, MSNBC President Phil Griffin said, “MSNBC and Greta Van Susteren have decided to part ways. Greta is a well-regarded television veteran and one of only a few broadcasters who can say they’ ve hosted shows at all three major cable news networks. We are grateful to her and wish her the best, ” according to CNN. Van Susteren spent 14 years at Fox News, and was reportedly “very happy” with the way her new show was doing at MSNBC. “I love the show, ” she the Hollywood Reporter in April. “A lot of the same staff came over with me. I’ m in the same building. I’ m about four parking spots away from where I was in the building. The show is practically the same title. Everything’s pretty much the same.”
