Chris Jansing, new MSNBC anchor, vows ‘the straight story’

Chris Jansing ,the new anchor of “MSNBC’s Chris Jennings Reports,” says he’s eager to focus on facts and “old-fashioned good news.”

Jansing told ITK in an interview this week ahead of her debut Thursday as the cable network’s 1 a.m. host, “I don’t remember this intense time, and in many ways as a result of everyday Americans, back to back.”

“It’s unbelievable,” she remarked, listing inflation, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a leaked draught Roe v. Wade judgement by the Supreme Court, the midterm elections, and the Covid-19 epidemic as examples.

“And so part of what we want to do is essentially have a safe place for people to come and know that we’re going to give them a straight story. That’s it – it’s just a straight story.“

Following a programming restructuring that featured “Meet the Press Daily” presented by Chuck Todd on NBC News being relocated to the streaming platform, the experienced journalist—who has spent more than two decades at MSNBC—was selected as the new anchor earlier this month.

The shift comes amid a surge of former Biden administration officials joining MSNBC’s marquee personalities.

Vice President Harris’ former spokesperson, Simone Sanders, debuted her namesake weekend show on MSNBC in early May, while former White House press secretary Jen Psaki was selected as the host of a new streaming event set to debut next year on Tuesday.

When asked if opinion programming headed by famous Democrats has an impact on his job, Jansing responded, “It doesn’t. And I’ll be honest: next month I’ll be at MSNBC and NBC News for 23 years, and never in 23 years has anyone at MSNBC suggested to me that I should skew my reporting in any way. And if they did, I couldn’t work there.“

Jansing stated his lunchtime plans are a different tale from his focus on “MSNBC’s Chris Jansing Reports.”

“I fill up on MSNBC every single hour of the day, and it’s a question I always ask: When should I eat? Because I’m so hungry all the time, “Jansing added.

“Honestly, it should be a quick breakfast, an early light lunch, a second light lunch before dinner.”

“If you watch MSNBC, you see a hanging Chris Jansing. It ain’t pretty,” she quipped.

Jansing, who grew up in Ohio as one of 12 children, attributes his success to his large family.

Every night, at his father’s request, the entire group sat together to watch the nightly news.

Jansing, 65, said that “it was really important to them not only that their children be educated, but that they participate in the democratic process.”

“But I think more than that, for the reporting part of it, when you’re the youngest of 12, you have to ask a lot of questions or you’ll be left in the dust,” Jansing stated.

“It’s a true story that my eldest sister – who was about 20 when she left home when I was born – didn’t know she was my sister until I was about four and a half years old. was not.“

“She would come and visit all the time, and then I heard her call her mother ‘Mama.”” And I asked, “Why are you calling her mother?” She replied, “Because she’s my mother.” I’m your sister,” Jansing added.

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