White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s upcoming memoir in which she reportedly calls the Democratic Party “broken” is making waves across major news networks — except at MSNBC.
The left-leaning network has remained silent since Jean-Pierre announced on Wednesday that she is ditching the party and becoming a registered independent,
Former President Joe Biden’s mouthpiece touted the party switch while plugging the release of her book, “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines.”
In the book, due out in October, she distances herself from the Democratic Party and reportedly paints a damning portrait of her former workplace, describing the Biden administration as “broken.”
Jean-Pierre spent two years as the public face of the Biden White House and was the first black, openly gay woman to hold the role.
Her abrupt political shift, combined with criticism of the president she once loyally defended, has triggered a flurry of reaction — especially among Biden allies.
Former colleagues have not held back. Several have dismissed the book as a “grift” and criticized her performance as press secretary, echoing complaints that have appeared in anonymous leaks to outlets like Politico and Axios.
One former staffer reportedly told Axios: “Nobody took her seriously in the building.”
While harsh, the wave of criticism arguably reinforces the core claim of her book: that dysfunction inside the administration runs deep.
The media response has been swift — at least on some networks.
According to transcript data, Fox News mentioned Jean-Pierre by name 72 times between Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, according to Mediaite.
CNN, despite its closer proximity to the Biden administration, referenced her 44 times.
But MSNBC, where Jean-Pierre once worked as a contributor and was a regular on-air presence, has not mentioned her once, said Mediate, which first reported on the network’s odd silence.
“The fact that MSNBC is still ignoring the story (as of 1:15 p.m. Thursday) reveals that the editorial direction at the left-leaning network is not yet ready to cover political news that may not align with their past comments and positions,” one media analyst told Mediaite.
The Post has sought comment from MSNBC and Jean-Pierre.
Before joining the White House, Jean-Pierre was a frequent progressive voice on the network, where she appeared on panels to support Democratic messaging and criticize the first Trump administration.
Her visibility on the network played a key role in raising her public profile and likely aided her appointment to the White House podium following the departure of Jen Psaki.
This isn’t the first time MSNBC has avoided uncomfortable stories involving the Biden administration.
Earlier this year, the network largely sidestepped coverage of “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” the book co-authored by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson that revealed new details about Biden’s cognitive decline and internal efforts to shield him from scrutiny.
At the time, CNN and Fox News featured wall-to-wall coverage. MSNBC, by contrast, barely acknowledged the book at all.
Critics say this selective editorial approach reflects a broader hesitance by MSNBC to air narratives that contradict its on-air talent’s previous claims — especially about Biden’s fitness for office or the strength of his administration.
That discomfort, they argue, translates into silence.
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