Matthew Dowd tells Katie Couric ex-employer concurred but ‘it didn’t matter’ and they dismissed him anyway
The political analyst fired by MSNBC over his Charlie Kirk commentary says his former employer agreed with him that his remarks were being misconstrued as “insensitive” – but said “it didn’t matter” to the network, and they dismissed him anyway.
“I said: ‘I think you guys are making a huge mistake,’” Matthew Dowd recounted on Katie Couric’s podcast in an episode launched Friday that addressed his purported pre-firing discussions with MSNBC. “I said: ‘You know and I know that’s not anything what I meant. You know it’s been misconstrued,’ and they agreed with that.
