WTF
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
THE INDEPENDENT, UK
MSNBC has canceled Joy Reid’s evening news show and held a “tense” meeting with her staff after the news was leaked to the press.
The final episode ofThe ReidOut will air this week, The New York Times reports. Her slot will be replaced by a show led by a trio of hosts: Democratic strategist Symone Sanders Townsend, former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele and journalist Alicia Menendez. They currently host The Weekend, which airs on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Rebecca Kutler, the network’s newly-appointed leader, made the call amid larger plans to overhaul MSNBC’s programming, according to the Times.
Joy Reid’s staffers learned that he show was being canceled via the press, rather than MSNBC’s leadership, according to reports (Getty Images for ESSENCE)
Now, media journalist Oliver Darcy reports Reid’s staff found out they were losing their jobs in a tense and emotional 30-minute impromptu meeting Sunday morning. Staffers were reportedly frustrated they learned about the show shutting down from media reports, rather than directly from leadership.
Reid has hosted a 7 p.m. show on the network since 2020. She had been with the company since 2014.
The network has also removed Alex Wagner from her weekday evening spot, and Darcy reports Kutler held a “similar” meeting with the show’s staff. However, Wagner is expected to stay with MSNBC as a contributor.
Now, many are mourning Reid’s departure.
“I owe the television part of my career to Joy Reid, as do so many other Black voices y'all never would have heard of if not for her,” journalist Elie Mystal wrote on X. “And *that's* why she's gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.”
Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison also thanked her for her time on the network.
“Grateful for Joy Reid & her willingness to always provide a forum for voices and candidates often ignored by mainstream media,” he wrote on X. “Can you name another show or host who brought together 5 Black candidates running for the US Senate?!”
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms similarly told The Daily Beast: “I am deeply saddened that Joy-Ann Reid, the only African American woman with her own show on MSNBC, will no longer be seen.”
But others — especially members of the GOP — are celebrating the end of her show.
Media personality Piers Morgan called her firing “long overdue,” while journalist Billy Binion accused of her pushing “the worst kind of journalism.”
Trump also railed against MSNBC this weekend, writing on Truth Social: “These people lie... they are a vehicle of the Democrat Party.”
MSNBC declined to comment when contacted by The Independent.
MSNBC has canceled Joy Reid’s evening news show and held a “tense” meeting with her staff after the news was leaked to the press.
The final episode ofThe ReidOut will air this week, The New York Times reports. Her slot will be replaced by a show led by a trio of hosts: Democratic strategist Symone Sanders Townsend, former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele and journalist Alicia Menendez. They currently host The Weekend, which airs on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Rebecca Kutler, the network’s newly-appointed leader, made the call amid larger plans to overhaul MSNBC’s programming, according to the Times.
Joy Reid’s staffers learned that he show was being canceled via the press, rather than MSNBC’s leadership, according to reports (Getty Images for ESSENCE)
Now, media journalist Oliver Darcy reports Reid’s staff found out they were losing their jobs in a tense and emotional 30-minute impromptu meeting Sunday morning. Staffers were reportedly frustrated they learned about the show shutting down from media reports, rather than directly from leadership.
Reid has hosted a 7 p.m. show on the network since 2020. She had been with the company since 2014.
The network has also removed Alex Wagner from her weekday evening spot, and Darcy reports Kutler held a “similar” meeting with the show’s staff. However, Wagner is expected to stay with MSNBC as a contributor.
Now, many are mourning Reid’s departure.
“I owe the television part of my career to Joy Reid, as do so many other Black voices y'all never would have heard of if not for her,” journalist Elie Mystal wrote on X. “And *that's* why she's gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.”
Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison also thanked her for her time on the network.
“Grateful for Joy Reid & her willingness to always provide a forum for voices and candidates often ignored by mainstream media,” he wrote on X. “Can you name another show or host who brought together 5 Black candidates running for the US Senate?!”
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms similarly told The Daily Beast: “I am deeply saddened that Joy-Ann Reid, the only African American woman with her own show on MSNBC, will no longer be seen.”
But others — especially members of the GOP — are celebrating the end of her show.
Media personality Piers Morgan called her firing “long overdue,” while journalist Billy Binion accused of her pushing “the worst kind of journalism.”
Trump also railed against MSNBC this weekend, writing on Truth Social: “These people lie... they are a vehicle of the Democrat Party.”
MSNBC declined to comment when contacted by The Independent.
'Unpardonable sin!' Trump demands 'vast sums of money' as he rages against MSNBC
Travis Gettys
February 24, 2025
RAW STORY
Donald Trump celebrated MSNBC's cancellation of Joy Reid's show as part of a major shakeup of the network's prime-time lineup.
In a late-night Truth Social post, the president attacked Brian Roberts, the chairman of MSNBC parent company Comcast, and various on-air hosts while demanding "vast sums of money" for critical coverage, which he called an "unpardonable sin."
"Lowlife Chairman of 'Concast,' Brian Roberts, the owner of Ratings Challenged NBC and MSDNC, has finally gotten the nerve up to fire one of the least talented people in television, the mentally obnoxious racist, Joy Reid," Trump posted late Sunday. "Based on her ratings, which were virtually non-existent, she should have been 'canned' long ago, along with everyone else who works there."
The telecommunications giant Comcast announced in October that it would spin off MSNBC, CNBC and several other media properties into a separate public company that Trump adviser Elon Musk has publicly flirted with buying. New network president Rebecca Kutler is planning additional programming changes despite viewership shooting up 77 percent during prime time hours and 34 percent in total day viewers since Inauguration Day.
"Also thrown out was Alex Wagner, the sub on the seriously failing Rachel Maddow show," Trump posted. "Rachel rarely shows up because she knows there’s nobody watching, and she also knows that she’s got less television persona than virtually anyone on television except, perhaps, Joy Reid."
"Then there’s, of course, the LOW IQ Con Man, Al Sharpton, who has, perhaps, the lowest TV ratings in the history of television," the president added. "What is he doing to Brian Roberts to stay on the air? This whole corrupt operation is nothing more than an illegal arm of the Democrat Party. They should be forced to pay vast sums of money for the damage they’ve done to our Country. Fake News is an UNPARDONABLE SIN!"
Sources say that Kutler intends to replace “The ReidOut,” which has aired at 7 p.m. ET since 2020, with “The Weekend” co-hosts Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez. That show improved its total viewership 35 percent during its two-hour slot airing on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 8 a.m. ET.
Travis Gettys
February 24, 2025
RAW STORY
Donald Trump celebrated MSNBC's cancellation of Joy Reid's show as part of a major shakeup of the network's prime-time lineup.
In a late-night Truth Social post, the president attacked Brian Roberts, the chairman of MSNBC parent company Comcast, and various on-air hosts while demanding "vast sums of money" for critical coverage, which he called an "unpardonable sin."
"Lowlife Chairman of 'Concast,' Brian Roberts, the owner of Ratings Challenged NBC and MSDNC, has finally gotten the nerve up to fire one of the least talented people in television, the mentally obnoxious racist, Joy Reid," Trump posted late Sunday. "Based on her ratings, which were virtually non-existent, she should have been 'canned' long ago, along with everyone else who works there."
The telecommunications giant Comcast announced in October that it would spin off MSNBC, CNBC and several other media properties into a separate public company that Trump adviser Elon Musk has publicly flirted with buying. New network president Rebecca Kutler is planning additional programming changes despite viewership shooting up 77 percent during prime time hours and 34 percent in total day viewers since Inauguration Day.
"Also thrown out was Alex Wagner, the sub on the seriously failing Rachel Maddow show," Trump posted. "Rachel rarely shows up because she knows there’s nobody watching, and she also knows that she’s got less television persona than virtually anyone on television except, perhaps, Joy Reid."
"Then there’s, of course, the LOW IQ Con Man, Al Sharpton, who has, perhaps, the lowest TV ratings in the history of television," the president added. "What is he doing to Brian Roberts to stay on the air? This whole corrupt operation is nothing more than an illegal arm of the Democrat Party. They should be forced to pay vast sums of money for the damage they’ve done to our Country. Fake News is an UNPARDONABLE SIN!"
Sources say that Kutler intends to replace “The ReidOut,” which has aired at 7 p.m. ET since 2020, with “The Weekend” co-hosts Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez. That show improved its total viewership 35 percent during its two-hour slot airing on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 8 a.m. ET.
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