Hasan

Hasan, 45, is no stranger to the rising dissatisfaction around the state of the news media and the confusion over how we consume our news.

Hasan’s unwillingness to soften the edges around hot-button topics could be the reason he’s worked for more outlets than most public-facing folks in the media.

Now, on the one-year anniversary of his enterprise, Hasan talks about what it took to create an outlet somewhere between mainstream news and “burn it all down” media.

Why not just call your startup the Mehdi Hasan Network?

It was never going to be the Mehdi Hasan network.