{"id":1726678,"date":"2022-11-06T07:34:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T12:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1726678"},"modified":"2022-11-06T22:20:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T03:20:06","slug":"fired-racist-msnbc-host-tiffany-cross-disheartened-by-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fired-racist-msnbc-host-tiffany-cross-disheartened-by-ouster\/","title":{"rendered":"Fired Racist MSNBC Host Tiffany Cross &#8220;Disheartened&#8221; by Ouster"},"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\">18<\/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%2Ffired-racist-msnbc-host-tiffany-cross-disheartened-by-ouster%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=1726678&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--><figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img has-preview\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/9b837a8d6b2af2295ae5fe5cd80bd757\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/9b837a8d6b2af2295ae5fe5cd80bd757\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/tiffany-cross\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tiffany Cross\" class=\"link\">Tiffany Cross<\/a> didn\u2019t want to leave <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/msnbc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MSNBC\" class=\"link\">MSNBC<\/a>, and feels she has more to do.<\/p>\n<p>The outspoken weekend anchor, whose show was cancelled earlier Friday by the NBCUniversal-owned cable outlet, said in a statement Friday night that her freewheeling, outspoken style was on the mark for a disruptive era in politics, and indicated she would continue her work elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am disheartened to learn of MSNBC\u2019s decision to cancel my show, \u2018The Cross Connection,\u2019 at such a crucial time \u2014 four days before the midterm elections,\u201d Cross said, while spotlighting the program\u2019s ratings. \u201cAnd we were intentional about centering marginalized voices of the rising majority \u2014 from all communities of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC cut ties with Cross unexpectedly Friday morning, telling her production staff of the decision Friday morning, according to three people familiar with the matter. A rotating group of anchors will lead her weekend hours until a replacement is found, and the production staff assigned to her show is believed to be likely to stay in place.<\/p>\n<h3>Related video: MSNBC&#8217;s Mehdi Hasan calls out GOP for supporting Italy&#8217;s &#8216;fascistic&#8217; future PM<\/h3>\n<p>At partial issue, according to people familiar with the matter, are on-air volleys between Cross and commentators like Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, who have criticized the MSNBC anchor\u2019s views in recent months, sometimes spurring across to retort. MSNBC executives felt the segments were not up to standards, but Cross supporters wonder why the network didn\u2019t do more to shield her from the criticism. After all, the show drew an average of more than 600,000 last month, according to Nielsen, though it captured fewer viewers than its time-slot rivals on Fox News and CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFresh off the heels of a \u2018racial reckoning,\u2019 as so many have called it, we see that with progress there is always backlash,\u201d said Cross. \u201cWith a career in media spanning two decades from CNN to BET and MSNBC, I have not only navigated newsrooms but built them as well. With a rapidly changing media landscape, I look forward to maintaining a platform that continues to reflect the changing demographics of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cWe know that now is not the time for politics or journalism as usual. The two years I spent at MSNBC have been disruptive and transformative, changing how politics are discussed and making policy more digestible, I hope. It was the opportunity of a lifetime to create a show the culture would be proud to keep trending every weekend. While this journey ended abruptly, surprising many of us, my work is not done. As political violence has reached a fever pitch, it is becoming inherently more dangerous to speak the truth. But I will not stop. The attacks on me from other outlets and former hosts will never control my narrative.. Thank you to my community and fans for your overwhelming advocacy and support. Thank you to the more than 4.6 million monthly viewers. I am forever in awe of you and so grateful. See you soon!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC declined to make executives available for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Cross was an essential building block in MSNBC\u2019s efforts to add a broader range of diverse voices to its schedule. After competing in an on-air bake-off of sorts in 2020 with Jonathan Capehart and Zerlina Maxwell to fill weekend hours previously led by Joy Reid, Cross has presided over a loose but chatty program that she also promoted heavily on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Cross, a former Washington bureau chief for BET, had worked as a political analyst for MSNBC and was a former resident fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School\u2019s Institute of Politics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.email.variety.com\/signup\/?source=yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety\u2019s Newsletter\" class=\"link\">Variety\u2019s Newsletter<\/a>. 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