{"id":541780,"date":"2021-05-26T16:06:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T20:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=541780"},"modified":"2021-05-26T16:06:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T20:06:22","slug":"the-surprising-story-of-how-sean-hannity-saved-an-msnbc-hosts-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-surprising-story-of-how-sean-hannity-saved-an-msnbc-hosts-job\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surprising Story Of How Sean Hannity Saved An MSNBC Host\u2019s Job"},"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%2Fthe-surprising-story-of-how-sean-hannity-saved-an-msnbc-hosts-job%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=541780&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1228218451.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Viewers could make a strong case that Joy Reid of MSNBC\u2019s \u201cThe ReidOut\u201d is the most extreme left-wing host on cable news, but when cancel culture tried to force her off the air, an unexpected personality came to her defense: conservative radio and TV personality Sean Hannity.<\/p>\n<p>The Fox News host revealed for the first time on Monday night that NBC said he played \u201ca big role\u201d in their decision not to fire the left-wing firebrand for controversial posts on her now defunct blog.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, journalists found several blogs Reid had written a dozen years earlier saying that she opposed same-sex marriage and admitting she was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/msnbcs-joy-reid-homophobic-posts-my-blog-were-made-hank-berrien\">probably<\/a>\u201d homophobic. Reid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/another-problematic-blog-post-joy-reid-uncovered-james-barrett\">promoted<\/a> a 9\/11 truther \u201cdocumentary\u201d produced by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones titled \u201cLoose Change,\u201d which claims the U.S. government carried out the attack. And The Daily Wire also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-new-joy-reid-blog-posts-promote-insane-ryan-saavedra\">discovered<\/a> numerous anti-Israeli posts.<\/p>\n<p>Reid originally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/msnbcs-joy-reid-homophobic-posts-my-blog-were-made-hank-berrien\">claimed<\/a> that \u201can unknown, external party accessed and manipulated material from my now-defunct blog\u201d and \u201ccorrupted the site.\u201d Her attorney told the media that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had <a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2018\/04\/26\/media\/joy-reid-hacking-fbi-investigation\/index.html\">opened an investigation<\/a> into her claims of a hacked blog in April.<\/p>\n<p>But Internet Archive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/busted-internet-archive-responds-joy-reids-claim-ryan-saavedra\">told<\/a> BuzzFeed News&nbsp;in April 2018 that \u201cwe found nothing to indicate tampering or hacking of the Wayback Machine versions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-joy-reid-admits-hacking-claims-not-true-ryan-saavedra?amp&amp;__twitter_impression=true\">abandoned<\/a> her allegations of hacking just days later, inviting questions about whether she made a false statement to the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2018, Sean Hannity defended Reid on his blog. \u201cIt\u2019s good to see Joy (who is no fan of mine) starting to take responsibility for her past remarks,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/hannity.com\/media-room\/seans-take-media-bias-and-apologies\/\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cHer apology should be accepted, and she should be given a chance to make it right, and not fired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called for an end to online stampedes designed to \u201ccrush, fire them, and destroy hosts you may disagree with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&nbsp;am a believer in the freedom of speech for all Americans,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd as someone who believes in forgiveness, I have to say, we have all fallen short.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-joy-reid-and-msnbc-release-new-statements-ryan-saavedra\">statement<\/a> saying that her controversial blogs were \u201cnot reflective of the colleague and friend we have known at MSNBC for the past seven years. Joy has apologized publicly and privately and said she has grown and evolved in the many years since, and we know this to be true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hannity said the network cited his comments in their personnel decision. \u201cWhen Joy Reid was in trouble, I was called by an NBC executive that said that \u2018your public comments played a big role in us being able to keep her,\u2019 meaning her job,\u201d Hannity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y36HOOObtCc\">said<\/a> on Monday. \u201cShe wrote me a nice note.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reveal came as Hannity interviewed former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-fires-rick-santorum-after-he-claimed-founding-fathers-birthed-a-nation-from-nothing\">fired<\/a> from his role as CNN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rick-santorums-firing-proves-cnn-doesnt-want-to-hear-anyone-who-sounds-like-you\">last remaining<\/a> conservative commentator last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018People can make mistakes and move on.\u2019 But not anymore,\u201d Hannity told Santorum.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rick Santorum speaks out after being fired from CNN\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y36HOOObtCc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hannity took a similar stand when ABC canceled Bill Maher\u2019s \u201cPolitically Incorrect\u201d in 2006 after the comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/story?id=102318&amp;page=1\">said<\/a>&nbsp;terrorist acts were not cowardly, but some U.S. military actions were. \u201cI defended him and did not want him fired from ABC at the time,\u201d Hannity said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viewers could make a strong case that Joy Reid of MSNBC\u2019s \u201cThe ReidOut\u201d is the most extreme left-wing host on cable news, but when cancel culture tried to force her &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313156,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1228218451.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"The Surprising Story Of How Sean Hannity Saved An MSNBC Host\u2019s Job","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-541780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1228218451.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"The Surprising Story Of How Sean Hannity Saved An MSNBC Host\u2019s Job","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}