The hundreds of producers and personnel who work behind the scenes are “really being put through the wringer,” Maddow said, adding they may be laid off or “invited to reapply for new jobs.”
“That has never happened at this scale, in this way before when it comes to programming changes,” Maddow said.
“It kind of drops the bottom out of whether or not people feel like this is a good place to work, and it’s inefficient and unnecessary, so we don’t usually do things that way.”
During the monologue, the anchor also referred to Reid’s termination as a “bad mistake” and expressed her desire to keep Reid on as an MSNBC colleague.
“In my opinion, letting her leave is a terrible mistake,” Maddow said. “I realize it’s not my call, but that’s what I believe.”
“It’s also unsettling to see that on a network with two non-white prime-time hosts, both of them are losing their shows, like Katie Phang on the weekend,”
She said. And regardless of who takes their place, it feels worse than awful. I don’t defend it, and it seems indefensible.
