“Afterwards, I get pulled into an office and you know [I was told], ‘Great monologue, everything’s fine. But next time you do any commentary on Hillary Clinton, it has to get approved by the president of the network,” Ball claimed she was told by MSNBC.
Ball shared that after the warning, she refrained from making remarks about the former first lady’s candidacy.
“I would love to say that that didn’t affect me and that I was there to be a truth teller,” Ball added. “Listen, I’m a human being. I’m sure I responded to the incentives of that system, like, ‘God, I don’t want to get in trouble with the boss.”
Ball continued that being condemned for her ill-received Hillary commentary was “the way that it works” in cable broadcasting.