It’s a ‘Bad Mistake’ to Let Joy Reid Leave Network

Rachel Maddow is talking out hours after it was introduced that Joy Reid could be exiting MSNBC.

On Monday, Feb. 24, The Rachel Maddow Show host, 51, started her present by expressing that Reid’s departure from the community earlier the identical day was “very, very, very hard to take.”

She stated that all through her profession, “There is not any colleague for whom I’ve had extra affection and extra respect than Joy Reid.”

“I like every part about her. I’ve discovered a lot from her. I’ve a lot extra to study from her. I don’t wish to lose her as a colleague right here at MSNBC,” stated Maddow.

“And, personally, I believe it’s a unhealthy mistake to let her stroll out the door. It will not be my name, and I perceive that,” she added whereas wanting across the room. “But that’s what I believe.”

Because Alex Wagner additionally misplaced her present amid the ongoing shakeups in tv information, Maddow stated it’s “unnerving” that “each of our non-white hosts in prime time are dropping their exhibits, as is Katie Phang on the weekend.”

While Phang will lose her present, she’s going to stick with the community as MSNBC’s authorized correspondent. Wagner can also be remaining on the community as a senior political analyst.

Rotating anchors are anticipated to fill The ReidOut’s 7 p.m. ET slot within the coming weeks. Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez, present hosts of The Weekend, will now transfer to weekdays at 7 p.m. to host a brand new ensemble information hour. This will make Menendez the primary Latina in MSNBC primetime. 

Maddow stated that “feels worse than bad, no matter who replaces them. That feels indefensible, and I do not defend it.”

Although Maddow advised viewers that they’re “not going to be upset,” by who fills the anchor chairs throughout the community, she stated that “the individuals who get our exhibits on the air,” are those who’re “actually being put by the ringer,” amid extra potential layoffs.

Maddow stated that whereas her colleagues are being invited to use for brand new jobs, it “has by no means occurred at this scale on this means earlier than with regards to programming modifications, presumably as a result of it isn’t the appropriate solution to deal with individuals, and it’s inefficient and it’s pointless.”

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She stated that “this type of limbo, the anxiousness and the discombobulation is off the charts, at a time when this job already is further disturbing and tough.”

Reid’s departure occurred hours after NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt introduced he could be exiting the present this summer season after greater than 10 years.