{"id":2410128,"date":"2025-03-05T14:54:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbcs-response-to-13-year-old-cancer-survivor-called-one-of-the-worst-cable-news-moments-ever\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T14:59:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:59:34","slug":"msnbcs-response-to-13-year-old-cancer-survivor-called-one-of-the-worst-cable-news-moments-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbcs-response-to-13-year-old-cancer-survivor-called-one-of-the-worst-cable-news-moments-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC\u2019s Response to 13-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Called &#8216;One of the Worst Cable News Moments&#8217; Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmsnbcs-response-to-13-year-old-cancer-survivor-called-one-of-the-worst-cable-news-moments-ever%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2410128&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200barticle discusses a controversial moment on \u200dMSNBC \u200cinvolving host Nicole Wallace&#8217;s reaction to President Donald \u200dTrump&#8217;s address to Congress,especially a heartwarming instance where Trump\u200d honored 13-year-old cancer survivor DJ Daniel by making him an\u200d honorary Secret Service agent. \u200bRather of simply celebrating the\u2064 moment, Wallace made a politically \u200ccharged\u2063 and insensitive statement connecting Daniel&#8217;s honor to the January\u200b 6 Capitol riots, which many\u200b commentators deemed tone-deaf and inappropriate. Critics, \u200bincluding fellow commentators, called for an on-air apology, emphasizing that politicizing a child&#8217;s illness in such a manner is unacceptable. The incident raised \u2062questions about the responsibility of news hosts in handling sensitive subjects, especially those involving vulnerable individuals like <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">children battling severe \u2064illnesses<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>MSNBC could not help themselves from completely stepping in it Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>After President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-masterfully-turns-tables-democrats-shames-disrespect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s address to Congress<\/a>, host Nicole Wallace gave her reaction, noting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/moment-night-trump-makes-13-year-old-cancer-survivor-secret-service-agent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">particular moment<\/a> when Trump made DJ Daniel &mdash; a 13-year-old cancer survivor &mdash; an honorary Secret Service agent.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of simply applauding Daniel&rsquo;s bravery and wishing him the best during that heartwarming moment, Wallace used it to give viewers what CNN pundit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-scott-jennings-triggers-cnn-panelists-exposes-attempt-create-fantasy-land\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Jennings<\/a> called, &ldquo;One of the worst cable news moments I&rsquo;ve ever seen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One of the worst cable news moments I&rsquo;ve ever seen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A2c6bFpjug\">https:\/\/t.co\/A2c6bFpjug<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottJenningsKY\/status\/1897276004500168745?\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>After saying she let herself feel &ldquo;joy&rdquo; about Daniel&rsquo;s moment and hoping he&rsquo;s &ldquo;alive for another 95 years,&rdquo; Wallace gave into the temptation of dragging the moment down and beating the dead horse that is Jan. 6, 2021, in the most vile way possible.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope he has a long life as a law enforcement officer. But I hope he never has to defend the United States Capitol against Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-party-in-michigan-calls-for-hanging-trump-supporters-by-the-neck-until-dead-who-are-trying-to-make-donald-trump-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supporters<\/a>, and if he does, I hope he isn&rsquo;t one of the six who loses his life to suicide,&rdquo; she told her fellow panelists in a manner that came off as incredibly stupid, outrageous, callous and miscalculated.<\/p>\n<p>This was bad even for MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>What does Jan. 6 have to do with a young man with cancer who was given an honorary position in the Secret Service?<\/p>\n<p>Daniel was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the spine and brain and given five months to live in 2018. Imagine your hopes and dreams shattered as a child. Now, imagine the courage and strength it would take to carry on years later only for the president to bestow such a high honor upon you in our nation&rsquo;s Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m gonna keep on going until my gas tank runs out. And that&rsquo;s when God calls you home,&rdquo; Daniel said. Wallace&rsquo;s take is nothing short of tone-deaf.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">13-year-old DJ Daniel: &ldquo;I had 13 brain surgeries and that&rsquo;s how many times my personality has changed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s something that you don&rsquo;t hear from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/make-a-wish-ceo-says-only-vaccinated-sick-kids-to-get-wishes-with-air-travel-large-gatherings\/\" title=\"Make-A-Wish CEO Says Only Vaccinated Sick Kids To Get Wishes\u00a0With Air Travel, Large Gatherings\">terminally ill child<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m gonna keep on going into my gas tank runs out. And that&rsquo;s when God calls you home. You never know&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aAipcIrxaq\">pic.twitter.com\/aAipcIrxaq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1897290236658598356?\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Commentator Brick Suit said, &ldquo;That is so far outside the bounds of what is acceptable,&rdquo; telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-megyn-kelly-shreds-rachel-maddow-putting-hypocrisy-display-amid-msnbc-chaos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSNBC<\/a>, &ldquo;An on air apolgy is needed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That is so far outside the bounds of what is acceptable.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC?\">@MSNBC<\/a>, this can&rsquo;t stand.<\/p>\n<p>An on air apolgy is needed.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brick_Suit\/status\/1897140620705292574?\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fellow commentator Gunter Eagleman agreed: &ldquo;This is the most repulsive thing I&rsquo;ve heard uttered from someone&rsquo;s mouth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the most repulsive thing I&rsquo;ve heard uttered from someone&rsquo;s mouth.<\/p>\n<p>How dare Nicole Wallace politicize DJ&rsquo;s situation.<\/p>\n<p>LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZpMSwQe8mJ\">pic.twitter.com\/ZpMSwQe8mJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gunther Eagleman&trade; (@GuntherEagleman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuntherEagleman\/status\/1897143081352437783?\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Whatever point Wallace was trying to make was lost.<\/p>\n<p>After last Monday&rsquo;s news of former-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joy-reid-canceled-horrible-ratings-lara-trump-just-blew-ratings-away-new-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joy Reid<\/a>&lsquo;s firing and layoffs across the board, hosts like Wallace should be more careful.<\/p>\n<p>It should go without saying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clickbait-news-network-cnn-gushes-about-kamala-in-article-touting-trump-support-in-nevada\/\" title=\"Clickbait ... Network: CNN Gushes About Kamala in Article Touting Trump Support in Nevada\">network doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t need, or want, to be the network talking about kids with cancer killing themselves.<\/p>\n<p>If further proof was needed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-announces-radical-new-plan-car-loans-bought-american-must-read\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> Derangement Syndrome is real, look to Wallace.<\/p>\n<p>She could not even applaud a child with cancer and leave her talking points alone for even a single second.<\/p>\n<p>This network is going to continue to pay the price by employing people like her.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Host Nicole Wallace commented on a moment when Trump honored DJ Daniel, a 13-year-old cancer survivor, by making him an honorary Secret Service agent. Rather than celebrating Daniel&#8217;s courage and wishing him well, Wallace used the opportunity to reference the events of January 6, 2021, in a way that many found inappropriate and insensitive. She expressed hope that Daniel would have a long life as an officer but added that she hoped he wouldn&#8217;t have to face situations involving Trump\u2019s supporters, implying potential tragedy. This remark was criticized as tone-deaf and out of place given the context of honoring a young boy battling terminal cancer. Commentators called for an apology from MSNBC for Wallace&#8217;s comments, emphasizing that such politicization of a child&#8217;s experience is unacceptable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2410129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Wallace-Cancer-Take.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[44454,44200,37584,33295,3746],"class_list":["post-2410128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cable-news","tag-cancer-survivor","tag-emotional-response","tag-media-criticism","tag-msnbc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Wallace-Cancer-Take.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2410128"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2410136,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410128\/revisions\/2410136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2410128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2410128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2410128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}