MSNBC is on Their Own

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The NBC, MSNBC split is now official and the cable news station is now on its own, sort of.

It is a bit of a slow roll-out that started on Monday.

Starting yesterday, outside of Washington, D.C., operations, MSNBC will no longer rely on NBC News correspondents or crews for coverage. Beginning on Oct. 20, MSNBC will no longer rely on NBC News correspondents or crews for Washington, D.C.-based coverage. By the end of the month, MSNBC will no longer participate in NBC News-led editorial calls and meetings and will be fully independent.

The staff at MSNBC was given 10 core principles. They are as follows:

Integrity: We uphold the highest ethical standards. We respect the law when reporting the news. We advocate for journalists’ rights. We protect and defend press freedom and the First Amendment. We respect our colleagues, our sources and the communities we cover.

  • Accuracy: We aim to be accurate in our reporting 100 percent of the time. If we establish that our reporting is flawed, we take prompt action to correct or clarify the mistake.

  • Fairness: We report the news with an open mind. We aim to give the subject(s) of our original reporting an opportunity to comment before publication.

  • Opinion: The views expressed by our opinion journalists and contributors are based on accurate, reported facts.

  • Our Sources: Our objective is to rely on sources we can identify, by name, in our reporting. When anonymity is the only way to report critical information, we aim to have sources with firsthand knowledge and to be transparent about why we granted them anonymity.

  • Emerging Technologies: We use generative AI and other technology tools when they can improve our journalism, but we will not publish content created solely by AI, and we disclose any public-facing use of AI.

  • Perspectives: We believe our audience is best served when our journalism reflects a variety of perspectives on the world we cover.

  • Transparency: We disclose to our audience any commercial initiatives that may intersect with our editorial content.

  • Independence: We avoid any real or perceived conflicts of interest. We do not accept gifts or favors that could appear to influence news judgment.

  • Who We Are: Our journalists hold themselves to the same high standards of professional and journalistic integrity in their outside appearances and on their personal social media.