Sept 8, 2014: Life News: Wendy Davis Reveals She Had Two Abortions, MSNBC Says it Will “Resonate” With Women Voters
t seems as though MSNBC is still trying to find a weekend use for Karen Finney after canceling her show. Finney, former DNC Communications Director and board member of NARAL, appeared on Up w/ Steve Kornacki on Saturday, September 7, to comment on news that Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis had an abortion 18 years ago.

July 9, 2014: The Federalist: Media Ignorance Is Becoming A Serious Problem
More recently, MSNBC host Karen Finney struggled mightily with the question.

June 6, 2014: Accuracy in Media: MSNBC Cancels Show by Former Hillary Clinton Aide
MSNBC, which has struggled to gain traction with its weekend programming, brought down the axe on another show this week with the announcement that they were canceling Disrupt with Karen Finney after less than one year on the air.

Oct 6, 2013: EurWeb: Political Commentator Says Karen Finney Isn’t Black Enough
Those right wingers like Tim Graham, sometimes get a little out of hand when they have political commentary shows.

Aug 27, 2013: Raw Story: Karen Finney hangs up on Hugh Hewitt after he insists she defend Joe McCarthy
MSNBC host Karen Finney on Tuesday abruptly ended an interview with conservative radio personality Hugh Hewitt after he repeatedly tried to get her to defend former Republican Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s 1950s-era communist witch hunt.

Apr 2, 2013: Hinterland Gazette: Conservative Media Watchdog Tim Graham Questions New MSNBC Host Karen Finney’s Blackness
SHAMEFUL:  Tim Graham, director of media analysis for the conservative Media Research Center, questioned whether Karen Finney, who MSNBC announced today would be their weekend host in the 4-5 p.m. slot, questioned whether she was really black because of the color of her skin.

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Mar 26, 2012: Publius Forum: MSNBC’s Karen Finney Unleashes Her Inner Race Baiter
I suppose we should thank MSNBC contributor and Democrat Strategist Karen Finney for her illogical, uninformed, hate-filled, lie-laden rant on MSNBC on March 23.

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Karen Finney is a former political consultant. She is a political commentator for MSNBC and hosted the show Disrupt with Karen Finney. Finney served four years as the spokesperson and Director of Communications at the Democratic National Committee. She has also written for The Hill, is a commentator for Politico, MSNBC and The Huffington Post. Finney served as Press Secretary for Hillary Rodham Clinton. On April 2, 2013, it was announced that Finney will host a weekend news program called Disrupt with Karen Finney on MSNBC. Finney, who is African-American on her father's side, is also a "great, great, great, great niece" of Robert E. Lee on her mother's.