Coverage dated February 23, 2025 to February 24, 2025

Rachel Maddow: MSNBC Made ‘A Bad Mistake’ Cutting Joy Reid

Headline from Forbes

The network's highest-rated host expressed concern about MSNBC losing not just Reid, but Alex Wagner in prime time.

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Reports & sources

11 articles, oldest first.

  1. Fox News

    Top moments from Joy Reid's soon-to-be cancelled MSNBC show (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Former MSNBC host Joy Reid has made headlines over last few years for attacking President Trump and his supporters on her now canceled show, "The ReidOut."

  2. Forbes

    Rachel Maddow: MSNBC Made ‘A Bad Mistake’ Cutting Joy Reid (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The network's highest-rated host expressed concern about MSNBC losing not just Reid, but Alex Wagner in prime time.

  3. RedState

  4. CNN

    Rachel Maddow and other anchors lambast MSNBC’s decision to cancel Joy Reid and Alex Wagner’s shows (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Some of MSNBC’s biggest stars are – in extraordinary on-air fashion – rebuking management’s decision to cancel Joy Reid and Alex Wagner’s shows and lay off their production staffs.

  5. Semafor

    Host Rachel Maddow fights recent MSNBC programming decisions (opens Semafor)

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    Semafor's feed description

    Maddow told staff she had privately fought the network’s decisions, including the cancellation of shows hosted by Joy Reid and Alex Wagner.

  6. The Daily Caller

    ‘Bad Mistake’: Rachel Maddow Uses MSNBC’s Airwaves To Bash Network For Canceling Joy Reid’s Show (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    MSNBC host Rachel Maddow tore into the left-leaning corporate network Monday during her show over the firing of host Joy Reid and the demotion of Alex Wagner.

  7. Newsweek

    Rachel Maddow calls out MSNBC over Joy Reid exit (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The network's changes are a "bad mistake," according to the television host.

  8. New York Post

    MSNBC host Rachel Maddow rips own network for axing Joy Reid’s show and other ‘non-white’ hosts’ programs (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    MSNBC host Rachel Maddow eviscerated her own network Monday night for dumping left-wing firebrand Joy Reid and canceling the shows of other hosts who aren’t white in a major cable shakeup.

  9. Breitbart News

    Maddow: MSNBC Made 'Bad Mistake' Firing Joy Reid, 'Indefensible' Non-White Host Ousted (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said Monday on "The Rachel Maddow Show" that her network made a "bad mistake" firing host Joy Reid. | Clips

  10. Fox News

    Rachel Maddow blasts MSNBC for axing Joy Reid, calls out network's treatment of staffers in stunning rebuke (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    MSNBC host Rachel Maddow offered a stunning rebuke of her own network Monday night over the firing of her liberal colleague Joy Reid, who just had her final show.

  11. Deadline

    Rachel Maddow Criticizes MSNBC Over Handling Of Show Cancellations And Says It Was A “Bad Mistake” To Let Joy Reid Go (opens Deadline)

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    Deadline's feed description

    Rachel Maddow criticized MSNBC for its cancellation of Joy Reid's show, telling viewers that it was a "bad mistake" that her network bosses let her go.

Rachel Maddow: MSNBC Made ‘A Bad Mistake’ Cutting Joy Reid | Since Then