{"id":2406378,"date":"2025-02-25T10:06:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-drama-maddow-uses-on-air-time-to-call-joy-reids-firing-racist\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T10:12:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:12:54","slug":"msnbc-drama-maddow-uses-on-air-time-to-call-joy-reids-firing-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-drama-maddow-uses-on-air-time-to-call-joy-reids-firing-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC Drama: Maddow Uses On-Air Time to Call Joy Reid&#8217;s Firing Racist"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fmsnbc-drama-maddow-uses-on-air-time-to-call-joy-reids-firing-racist%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=2406378&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 article discusses \u2062the recent\u200d firing of Joy reid from MSNBC, highlighting \u200da commentary made \u2063by Rachel Maddow\u2063 in which she attributed the decision to \u2064race-related factors. Maddow expressed\u2064 concern\u2062 over the\u2064 network losing two non-white hosts\u200b in prime time, referring to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/willis-asks-appeals-court-to-keep-her-on-trump-rico-case-despite-ethics-complaint-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Willis asks appeals court to keep her on Trump RICO case despite ethics complaint ... Washington Examiner\">perceived racial bias<\/a> within the corporate shake-up\u200c led by new president Rebecca\u200c Kutler. Despite Maddow&#8217;s claims,\u200c it\u2062 was noted that \u200cReid is being replaced by a panel of three non-white hosts. \u2062The \u200darticle further explores the broader context of layoffs adn restructuring at MSNBC,with Maddow lamenting the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">layoffs facing experienced producers<\/a> and staff at the\u2062 network. Reid, who emotionally addressed her termination\u200c on air, insisted her efforts for \u200csocial justice were valuable. Though, the \u200darticle concludes by \u200dsuggesting\u200c that her dismissal may stem more from \u200ddeclining viewer\u2064 support than the\u200d racial implications raised by Maddow.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, that didn&rsquo;t take long.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after MSNBC announced the most ironically named host in cable TV history &mdash; Joy Reid &mdash; was out at the network, Rachel Maddow came on air and named the real culprit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joy-reid-finally-finished-new-msnbc-head-fires-ironically-named-host-tv-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not the corporate shake-up<\/a>, not ratings, but <em>race<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will tell you, it is also unnerving to see that on a network where we&rsquo;ve got two &mdash; count &rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hope-oklahoma-putting-bible-back-in-schools-after-louisiana-brings-10-commandments-back\/\" title=\"Hope: Oklahoma Putting Bible Back in Schools After Louisiana Brings 10 Commandments Back\">em &#038;mdash<\/a>; <em>two<\/em> non white hosts in prime time, both of our non-white hosts in prime time are losing their shows, as is Katie Fang on the weekend,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/msnbc-ratings-crater-election-network-gives-rachel-maddow-brutal-new-deal-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maddow<\/a> said in a dispirited rant-lite at the outset of her Monday show.<\/p>\n<p>Several outlets reported that the final episode of Reid&rsquo;s prime-time show, &ldquo;The ReidOut,&rdquo; would air this week.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not entirely clear that the cancellation was necessarily an out-and-out <em>firing<\/em>, but it was pretty obvious from reports that for her to remain at all, if the option were on the table, would involve a radical demotion in responsibilities; to quote one-hit wonder Semisonic, it was basically the network saying, &ldquo;You don&rsquo;t have to go home, but you can&rsquo;t stay here.&rdquo;<\/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>What&rsquo;s ironic about Maddow&rsquo;s rant-let is that Reid is being replaced by not just one non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-grift-that-keeps-on-grifting\/\" title=\"The Grift That Keeps on Grifting\">-white person<\/a> but&nbsp;<em>three<\/em>: According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/23\/business\/msnbc-joy-reid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, a new panel show hosted by Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele, and Symone Sanders-Townsend will appear in Reid&rsquo;s old time slot.<\/p>\n<p>However, you do have to respect the race-hustle by the network&rsquo;s highest-profile, mayonnaise-white host, particularly as it comes in the midst of a corporate shakeup at the cable network being supervised by the new president, Rebecca Kutler.<\/p>\n<p>It was long known that significant changes were going to be made at MSNBC &mdash; if not in terms of the network&rsquo;s ideological cant, which will remain firmly progressive if the shift is any indication.<\/p>\n<p>Parent company Comcast is spinning its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-maddow-takes-massive-may-cut-loses-millions-in-new-deal-report\/\" title=\"... Takes Massive May Cut, Loses Millions in New Deal: Report\">cable assets<\/a> off, which doesn&rsquo;t just mean that neither of the two corporations whose initials make up MSNBC&rsquo;s name (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/merit-makes-right-microsoft-lays-off-dei-team-leader-calls-policies-no-longer-business-critical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft<\/a> and NBC) are still directly involved in the network. It also means that, as a news channel, it won&rsquo;t have access to the very considerable resources of NBC News.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/keith-olbermann-shreds-former-mini-rachel-maddow-spoiled-star-rakes-500k-per-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maddow<\/a> went on to say that you&rsquo;re going to be seeing new anchors, obviously, &ldquo;but one thing you cannot necessarily see is that the people who get our shows on the air, they are really being put through the wringer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dozens of producers and staffers, including some who are among the most experienced and most talented and most specialist producers in the building, are facing being laid off. They&rsquo;re being invited to reapply for new jobs,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That has never happened at this scale in this way before when it comes to programming changes, presumably because it&rsquo;s not the right way to treat people and it&rsquo;s inefficient and it&rsquo;s unnecessary and it kind of drops the bottom out of whether or not people feel like this is a good place to work, and so we don&rsquo;t generally do things that way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Guess it&rsquo;s too late to tell them to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/coal-miners-fire-back-biden-says-just-learn-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">learn to code<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&rsquo;s a highly paid white Karen basically telling her audience of frothing progressives that, if Kutler and Co. make more significant changes, it&rsquo;s because they&rsquo;re all perfidious covert racists. Which is why, um, they took a job at restructuring MSNBC in the same mold it&rsquo;s already in, just slightly more sustainable and with more reliable hosts. Sure. Makes sense:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wow. Rachel Maddow just did her MSNBC show and ripped MSNBC management for firing Joy Reid. She even implied that they were racist for firing multiple minority hosts.<\/p>\n<p>If you were management, would you allow an employee to imply that you&rsquo;re a racist? &#129300;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nIYGS729kv\">pic.twitter.com\/nIYGS729kv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1894219517611397353?\">February 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Oh, and by the way, she wasn&rsquo;t the only one melting down after the decision. Naturally, Joy Reid cut a lachrymose clip &mdash; although she could be forgiven, given that she was just given the boot:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joy Reid breaks down sobbing while addressing being fired from MSNBC:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My show had value!&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T1dOabN7DT\">pic.twitter.com\/T1dOabN7DT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1894108168579395742?\">February 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My show had value,&rdquo; she insisted. &ldquo;Where I land is that &hellip; I felt that I went hard on so many issues, whether it was the Black Lives Matter issues of a young baby, or a mom or dad that was killed, or um, when we opened up people&rsquo;s eyes to the fact that Asian Americans were being targeted and not just black folks, that or went hard for immigrants who&rsquo;ve done nothing but come to this country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Which can be done by any podcaster with a MacBook and a decent camera these days. And that&rsquo;s probably not what we&rsquo;ll remember her for, anyway. Instead, this will likely be our parting impression of Joy Reid&rsquo;s time at MSNBC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/beautiful-joy-reid-melts-msnbc-becomes-clear-trump-will-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from election night<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MSNBC&rsquo;s Joy Reid says a Trump election has given the Israelis the green light to carry out &ldquo;a complete ethnic cleansing of Gaza&rdquo;:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody wants Donald Trump more to be president than Bibi Netanyahu, who is backed by a far-right coalition that would like to clear-cut Gaza that&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U7uQqtV636\">pic.twitter.com\/U7uQqtV636<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1854049946598605101?\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UNHINGED: MSNBC&rsquo;s Joy Reid claims that Kamala Harris auditioned for president &ldquo;flawlessly&rdquo; and ran a &ldquo;perfect campaign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Seriously. She actually said that. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DmSyPc1pEd\">pic.twitter.com\/DmSyPc1pEd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1854040023466758468?\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joy Reid is going to get sent to a mental institution.<\/p>\n<p>She has completely gone off her rocker. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7ru4xgkwMX\">pic.twitter.com\/7ru4xgkwMX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gunther Eagleman&trade; (@GuntherEagleman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuntherEagleman\/status\/1853999378861580336?\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/11672-now-cracks-a-noble-heart-good-night-sweet-prince-and-flights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Now cracks<\/a> an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-joy-reid-says-black-people-will-look-crazy-dont-vote-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ignoble nut<\/a>. Goodnight, sweet princess, and may flights of nurses sing you to a long rest, preferably inpatient.<\/p>\n<p>But remember: She got fired because she was black, not because she was crazy and unwatchable and the face of the network&rsquo;s dysfunction. Right. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hV85E2S-Idw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">That&rsquo;s the ticket<\/a>, Rachel.<\/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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After MSNBC revealed that Joy Reid, arguably the most ironically named host in cable TV, was leaving the network, Rachel Maddow took to the airwaves and pointed out what she believed was the true issue: race, not corporate restructuring or ratings. &#8220;It&#8217;s unsettling to witness that on a network with only two non-white hosts in prime time\u2014both of whom are losing their shows,&#8221; Maddow expressed during her Monday broadcast. Reports indicated that Reid&#8217;s final episode of &#8220;The ReidOut&#8221; would air this week. While it wasn&#8217;t entirely clear if this was a direct firing or simply a cancellation, it seemed evident that any chance for her to stay would require a significant reduction in her role; essentially, it felt like the network was saying, \u201cYou can\u2019t stay here.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Maddow&#8217;s comments came as Reid is set to be replaced by three new non-white hosts: Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele, and Symone Sanders-Townsend will take over her time slot according to The New York Times. This situation highlights an interesting dynamic within MSNBC as they undergo changes under new president Rebecca Kutler amidst Comcast\u2019s spin-off of its cable assets.<\/p>\n<p>Maddow further noted that many producers and staff members were facing layoffs and being asked to reapply for their jobs\u2014a process unprecedented at such scale during programming changes\u2014which she criticized as unnecessary and damaging morale.<\/p>\n<p>In response to these developments, both Maddow and Reid expressed their discontent publicly. 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