Keith Olbermann blasts MSNBC for racist purge of Joy Reid, four others in lineup reshuffle
President Trump-bashing leftist Keith Olbermann lashed out at his former employer MSNBC over what he described as a “racist purge” following the cancellation of Joy Reid’s primetime show.In a series of posts on X, Olbermann condemned the removal of Reid along with shows hosted by Jonathan Capehart, Alex Wagner, Katie Phang and Ayman Mohyeldin.Olbermann, who hosted a show on the left-leaning network from 2003 to 2011, compared the cancellations to the cost-cutting spree undertaken by DOGE head Elon Musk.“Now 5 different anchors of color dismissed/canceled.An MSNBC purge so brutally racist it makes you think it was done by Musk.
Joy Reid, Wagner; now Katie Phang, Jonathan Capehart, Ayman Mohyeldin,” Olbermann wrote on his X account.Reid, who is black, shed tears after airing her final show on MSNBC on Monday.Wagner, whose mother is Burmese, will no longer host the 9 p.m.hour from Tuesday through Friday.
She will remain at the network as a political analyst.Phang, who is of Asian descent, will no longer host her weekend show.She will instead be a contributor.
Capehart, who is black, and the Egyptian-born Mohyeldin will be moved to new time slots, according to the network.Olbermann also called on MSNBC hosts Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes and Lawrence O’Donnell to take a stand, warning them, “or you are all Joe Scarborough” — the host of “Morning Joe” who met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after his victory over Kamala Harris.“Dear [Rachel Maddow], If you go on the air tonight — or at minimum go on without condemning the overt racism of the people who give you $25 million a year — you are complicit.Same for you [Lawrence O’Donnell] and [Chris Hayes],” he wrote.Olbermann, who left the network on bad terms more than a decade ago, continued his anti-MSNBC diatribe, writing: “They didn’t even try to hide the racism by firing an unnecessary white anchor like [Katy] Tur or [Stephanie] Ruhle as cover.”Olbermann and Tur were in a relationship for...