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MSNBC cancels Joy Reidâs show as leaders hold âtenseâ meeting with her staff
Joy Reid hosted â??The ReidOutâ?? for more than four years on MSNBC
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MSNBC has canceled Joy Reidâs evening news show and held a âtenseâ 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 networkâs newly-appointed leader, made the call amid larger plans to overhaul MSNBCâs programming, according to the Times.
Joy Reidâs staffers learned that he show was being canceled via the press, rather than MSNBCâs leadership, according to reports (Getty Images for ESSENCE)Now, media journalist Oliver Darcy reports Reidâs 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 âsimilarâ meeting with the showâs staff. However, Wagner is expected to stay with MSNBC as a contributor.
Democrats have been quick to praise Joy Reid following news of her departure from MSNBC. Right-wing figures, meanwhile, have celebrated her departure. (Getty Images for ESSENCE )Now, many are mourning Reidâs departure.
âI 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,â journalist Elie Mystal wrote on X. âAnd *that's* why she's gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.â
Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison also thanked her for her time on the network.
âGrateful for Joy Reid & her willingness to always provide a forum for voices and candidates often ignored by mainstream media,â he wrote on X. âCan you name another show or host who brought together 5 Black candidates running for the US Senate?!â
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms similarly told The Daily Beast: âI am deeply saddened that Joy-Ann Reid, the only African American woman with her own show on MSNBC, will no longer be seen.â
But others â especially members of the GOP â are celebrating the end of her show.
Right-wing media personality Piers Morgan called her firing âlong overdue,â while journalist Billy Binion accused of her pushing âthe worst kind of journalism.â
Trump also railed against MSNBC this weekend, writing on Truth Social: âThese people lie... they are a vehicle of the Democrat Party.â
MSNBC declined to comment when contacted by The Independent.
