An apparent bed bug infestation at MSNBC’s Manhattan headquarters has caused staffers to scatter just hours ahead of the left-leaning network’s Super Tuesday coverage, The Post has learned.
According to a memo obtained by The Post, an “unidentified insect” was spotted Sunday in the recently revamped studio 3A — home to special election coverage and “The Rachel Maddow Show” — at 30 Rock in Midtown.
Additional studios on the third floor were also shuttered “out of an abundance of caution.”
“They are scrambling,” an NBC source told The Post on Monday. “They’ve already been borrowing an unused local studio for some shows in recent weeks. So studio space is tight.”
The memo said an exterminator was brought in to treat the studio, green rooms and control room.
“An environmental K-9 detection team will ensure the remediation efforts were complete and will take an extra pass, through extended areas of newsrooms [on the third floor],” the memo said.
The Post reached out to MSNBC for comment.
It is unclear whether the remediation efforts will allow anchors to return to the main studio in time for Tuesday’s primary coverage — when voters in 16 states and American Samoa go to the polls.
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