Jacob Soboroff started at MS NOW in the summer of 2015.
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PivotSep 4, 2026
The claim matches the passage, and the sources place Soboroff's start at the network in 2015. His own Substack says he started in August 2015, which falls within summer, while Wikipedia and TVmaze give September 2015 as his on-air debut, a slightly different date that does not contradict a summer start.
What was said
… Oh, great. Is there a special L a thing for it? Explain your show, because it just sort of started, right? Correct. Yeah, I started, um, on June 13, and, you know, I started at MS NOW, um, in the summer of 2015, and over these eleven years that I've been here, I have traveled the country, and I've traveled the world, and I've been a, you know, a guy in the field. Um, I think I got the best job in T v. I love people. …
Pivot · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Soboroff's Substack post says he started working at MS in August of 2015, which falls in summer.[2]
Supports. Wikipedia and TVmaze say he debuted on the network in September 2015, consistent with a 2015 start, though the September date is a debut rather than a start date.[3][4]
Context. The AP report on the network's renaming covers Soboroff joining the network but gives no 2015 start date.[1]
Context. The claim's wording matches the passage, with 'MS NOW' used as the network's current name, and the passage says he started there in the summer of 2015.
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 not rated
- 1MSNBC's name is being replaced, but its leaders insist that its mission will remain the sameapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2I'm getting my own show on MS NOW - Jacob Soboroffjacobsoboroff.substack.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Jacob Soboroff - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Jacob Soboroff | TVmazetvmaze.com · not rated · cited for: supports
Where this claim was made
Said in 1 published post
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