Joy Reid is not mincing words when it comes to her former bosses at MSNBC. She has come out swinging, alleging that the network's higher-ups didn't like her being so involved on social media, per nypost.com. Per the outlet via her new podcast on Monday, Reid said, "Anytime I would tweet anything, I would get calls — I would get, 'Please get off Twitter, we hate it.'"
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She added, "They just don't like that it pulls their talent and their reporters out of their control because now you're not running what you're tweeting through Standards and Practices. It's giving your personality directly to the audience, which they don't like because it's no longer managed and curated by them.
Reid, a Harvard alum, formerly hosted a program on MSNBC titled The ReidOut. It got permanently scratched from the network's lineup in February. That change was among others at the network. The ReidOut aired for five years.
She is staying busy in the industry. Reid, 56, is about to kick off The Joy Reid Show, "a new podcast and YouTube series," according to the outlet.
MSNBC Never Explained Why They Canceled Joy Reid's Show
Some television observers guessed that the network was retooling after the November 2024 presidential election. Per the outlet, "Several non-white anchors were let go around the same time...." (Reid is Black.) Keith Olbermann, who used to have a show on MSNBC, harshly referred to it as "an MSNBC purge so brutally racist it makes you think it was done by [Elon] Musk."
It's been more than three months after her show went off the air. Reid says she is still mystified as to the reason.
Katie Couric was on Reid's podcast. She asked Reid about the demise of The ReidOut. "I've been asked this so many times. And people think that I'm just saying it to BS, but I'm being honest with you — I don't know."
Weak Ratings Weren't The Problem, Reid Said
Reid insisted that lackluster ratings were not the issue. "It wasn't ratings. We had just had a ratings meeting a couple of weeks before that talking about the fact that our show ... other than Rachel Maddow, we were down the least" after Donald Trump was re-elected.
She continued, "We were just told that we were doing ... that we were holding on pretty well. And then, you know, it's not like the ratings have gotten better since I've been gone."
Did Reid's Criticisms Of President Trump Figure Into Her Show Being Dropped?
"I think that there's a difference for Trump in hearing the kinds of criticisms, specifically out of a black woman," Reid said "It bothers him in a way it doesn't bother him like anything else."
She also noted, "There's a fear of him. We're seeing it everywhere."
