When Rachel Maddow reveals the true reason for Joy Reid’s termination—”it was due to her race”—she does not hold back her anger, calling NBC officials “bastards.”

Maddow emphasized the wider effects on the network’s workers by calling this strategy “inefficient” and “not the right way to treat people.” The Changing Cable News Sector

The television news industry is undergoing several changes, Reid’s departure being only one of them. Veteran anchor Lester Holt has announced intentions.

To leave NBC Nightly News by early summer, marking another change at MSNBC’s sister network, NBC. Following the 2024 presidential election, prominent CNN personalities Jim Acosta,

Chris Wallace, and Alisyn Camerota have all left the network. The media environment is changing as networks strategically change their staff and content.

Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez will now occupy Reid’s 7 p.m. EST position as part of MSNBC’s changeover.