Rachel Maddow, one of the foremost personalities on the MSNBC network, used her time on the platform to address the unceremonious ouster of anchor Joy-Ann Reid and the cancellation of The Reidout show. During a segment on her eponymously named show, Rachel Maddow made a glowing defense of Joy-Ann Reid and called MSNBC’s decision to end things a “mistake.”
Rachel Maddow opened up a segment on her show Monday night (Feb. 24) to discuss the major shakeup at the MSNBC network which saw the end of Alex Wagner’s evening show along with the announcement that Jen Psaki will take over the 9 PM slot. Maddow reiterated that after the first 100 days of covering the Trump presidency, she’ll return to Mondays only. It was then she launched into her statement regarding Joy-Ann Reid.
“Joy Reid’s show The ReidOut ended tonight. And Joy is not taking a different job in the network. She is leaving the network altogether and that is very, very, very hard to take,” Maddow began.
She added, “I am 51 years old. I have been gainfully employed since I was 12. I have had so many different types of jobs you wouldn’t believe me if I told you. But in all the jobs that I have had, in all of the years I have been alive, there is no colleague for whom I’ve had more affection and more respect than Joy Reid. I love everything about her. I’ve learned so much from her. I have so much more to learn from her. I do not want to lose her as a colleague here at MSNBC, and personally, I think it is a bad mistake to let her walk out the door.”
MSNBC, now led by President Rebecca Kutler, did not answer any public inquiries about the shift in programming.
Check out the moment courtesy of a clip from The Jasmine Brand below.
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Rachel Maddow Blasts MSNBC For Ousting Joy-Ann Reid During Broadcast
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