

So I just never think of myself as, ‘How am I going to cover this story as a never-Trumper?’ I said on television in 2015 that I was never going to be a voter available to Donald Trump because of what he said when he came down the escalator, and what he said about John McCain. If the story is about a terrorist attack, I call the people that worked in counter-terror when I was in the government and ask them to explain what it is that we don’t know. If the story on the front page of the paper is all about the intelligence community, I call the people that I knew in the intelligence community and have them explain the stories to me. I just never think of myself in any one way. If former Vice President Joe Biden takes over the White House, what will your positioning be? You’re perceived as a “never-Trumper” Republican. Wallace, a native of Orinda, Calif., spoke to The Times from her Connecticut home, where she was preparing to help anchor two weeks of MSNBC’s prime-time coverage of the Democratic and Republican nominating conventions, which begins Monday at 5 p.m. “She brings a different perspective to the MSNBC lineup.” “She brings a lot of credibility because she’s not hyper-partisan, and viewers respond to that,” said Katie Couric, who during her stint as anchor of the “CBS Evening News” featured Wallace as a Republican analyst. Since joining NBC as a contributor in 2015, Wallace, 48, has used her deep well of Washington contacts to offer an insider’s perspective and reaction to the turbulent and unpredictable Trump presidency.

Joy Reid will take over the slot vacated by Chris Matthews’ ‘Hardball.’ She becomes the first Black woman to anchor an evening cable news show. Company Town Joy Reid named weekday evening host at MSNBC
