Editing Sam Seder (section)

==Career==
[[File:Sam Seder in August 2008.jpg|thumb|Seder in 2008]]
In March 2004, Seder became co-host of [[Air America Radio]]'s ''[[The Majority Report with Sam Seder|The Majority Report]]'', alongside [[Janeane Garofalo]] until July 2006.<ref name="ykk9G" /> 

During [[Mark Green (New York politician)|Mark Green]]'s restructuring plan to transform Air America into a profitable leader in progressive talk radio, called "Air America 2.0",<ref name="AirAmerica2.0" /> ''The Sam Seder Show'' was canceled on April 13, 2007, and replaced by [[WOR Radio Network]] late night radio show host [[Lionel (radio)|Lionel]].<ref name="B8yck" /> Seder was relegated to a Sunday show entitled ''Seder on Sunday''.<ref name="AirAmerica2.0" /> Lionel soon lost two-thirds of Seder's live affiliates and listenership.<ref name="oyuZ6" /> The final ''Seder on Sunday'' was broadcast on June 1, 2008.

Seder also occasionally substituted for [[Randi Rhodes]] when Rhodes was on Air America, as well as Mike Malloy on ''[[The Mike Malloy Show]]'' on the [[Nova M Radio]] network. In 2008 he also began a collaboration with [[Marc Maron]] on ''Maron v. Seder'', an hour-long video webcast. In January 2009, ''Maron v. Seder'' was renamed ''[[Breakroom Live with Maron & Seder]]''<ref name="cCVeu" /> and aired live from the kitchen in the Air America offices weekdays. Seder and Maron also hosted a post-show chat with viewers after each episode. Air America Media cancelled ''Breakroom Live with Maron & Seder'' in July 2009.<ref name="6IjyY" /> In 2010, Air America was shut down.<ref name="8lrTu" />

In November 2009, Seder hosted a pilot for NBC of an American version of ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''. Three years later, in November 2012, it was announced Seder would again be the host of an American version of the show, this time on TBS.<ref name="NuqZa" /><ref name="mOScZ" />

In November 2010, Seder began an independent online podcast, called ''The Seder Channel'' (later renamed ''The Majority Report w/Sam Seder''). The live talk-show format closely matches the previous Air America program, with politically oriented commentary by Seder and co-hosts, and interviews with various guests. Seder offers listeners different tiered levels of access to content around the show via crowdfunding platform [[Patreon]].

In late 2010, Seder began occasionally serving as substitute host of ''[[Countdown with Keith Olbermann]]'' when Olbermann was on vacation. In December 2010, Seder also became co-host of the nationally syndicated progressive radio interview program ''[[Ring of Fire (radio program)|Ring of Fire]]'', co-hosted by Farron Cousins and Florida-based attorney [[Mike Papantonio]].<ref name="ZCFuJ" />

Seder also worked as a political contributor for [[MSNBC]].<ref name="CNNHowAJoke" /><ref name="huffpost-fired-smear" />

''The Majority Report'' was associated with the [[The Young Turks|TYT Network]], with which the show partnered, from the 2010 relaunch until 2020, which generally followed its original format but was rebooted as a viewer-funded production. Following those structural affiliation and funding-production changes, the show won a string of international [[Podcast Awards|People's Choice Podcast Awards]],<ref name="PodcastAwards">{{cite web |title=Past Winners, 2005–2017 |url=https://www.podcastawards.com/past-winners |website=Podcast Awards }}</ref> in five of the next seven annual competitions (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017), for the "News and Politics" award.

In March 2025, Seder appeared in an episode of the [[Jubilee Media]] web show ''[[Surrounded (web series)|Surrounded]]'', in which he challenged 20 [[Donald Trump]] supporters to a debate. The video, which had been filmed in January, quickly became [[viral video|viral]] and gained millions of views within days, with commentary focusing on fringe views espoused by his opponents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quah |first=Nicholas |date=2025-03-13 |title=Sam Seder Knows His Viral Debate Was 'a Little Bit Disturbing' |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/sam-seder-says-his-viral-debate-was-a-little-disturbing.html |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Black |first=Michael Ian |date=2025-03-12 |title=The Viral 'Debate' Video That Proves Most MAGA Voters Are a Lost Cause |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-viral-debate-video-that-proves-most-maga-voters-are-a-lost-cause/ |website=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref>

=== 2017 tweet controversy ===
In 2009, to criticize petitions seeking [[Roman Polanski]]'s release from rape charges, Seder tweeted "Dont care re Polanski, but i hope if my daughter is ever raped it is by an older truly talented man w/ a great sense of [[Mise-en-scène|mise en scene]]".<ref name=":0" /> In 2017, [[Mike Cernovich]] called attention to the tweet and contacted multiple journalists asking them to write about it.<ref name="CNNHowAJoke" /> As a result, MSNBC initially decided not to renew Seder's contract<ref name="the-wrap-fired" /> despite Seder explaining that the tweet was satire.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kirby |first=Jen |date=2017-12-06 |title=How the alt-right duped MSNBC into firing one of its contributors |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/6/16738564/sam-seder-msnbc-firing-alt-right-smear |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Vox |language=en-US}}</ref> Shortly afterward, MSNBC reversed its decision after getting pushback from journalists, and MSNBC's president said the initial decision to part ways had been wrong.<ref name="cnn-msnbc-rehires" /><ref name="intercept-msnbc-rehires" /><ref name="nyt-msnbc-rehires" />