Mr. Holt’s coverage ran on MSNBC immediately after the shooting on Saturday and he was scheduled to interview Mr. Biden on Monday.
The person said staff members were surprised on Monday when MSNBC ran programming from its digital news service, NBC News Now, instead of the main NBC News show, “Today,” which was not pre-empted.
A spokesman for MSNBC denied that NBC had made the programming change because of political considerations.
In a statement, the network said: “Given the gravity and complexity of this unfolding story, NBC News, NBC News NOW and MSNBC have remained in rolling breaking news coverage since Saturday evening.
MSNBC made other programming changes after the shooting on Saturday.
Persons:
Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie, Kristen Welker, Mr, Biden, ”, Joe ”, Ali Velshi
Organizations:
NBC, MSNBC, NBC News, NBCUniversal News, Republican
Locations:
Savannah, Milwaukee