What do we know about Joshua Johnson’s move to MSNBC? I’ve read that he’s coming on as “an anchor.” Will he be mid-day to relieve Ali Velshi and/or Stephanie Ruhle who work together and separately ad nauseam? Don’t get me wrong. They're fine, but there’s just too much of them. Or could we dare hope that Chris Matthews has finally decided to retire?
I listen to Johnson’s 1A on NPR as often as I can, particularly on Fridays when he does the back-to-back one-hour roundups of national and international news. He’s excellent. So informed — and it doesn’t hurt that he has a wonderful voice. I know. Silly. But it’s true.
Johnson’s official departure date from NPR is December 20th. I’m very excited about this and I hope we hear more soon.