Love you Joy! Your absence on MSNBC is messed up! You are so unique, powerful and truthful in your reporting and coverage and do it with soul! Look forward to following you here and everywhere and seeing you create the space to keep it going in a different place… like here :). Much love
This is the email I sent to Carrie Budoff Brown of NBC News, NBCUniversal/Comcast, and MSNBC in the wake of Joy's firing along with Alex, Katie, Ayman, and Johnathan by MSNBC execs...
"Subject: Ratings or Bowing To ‘Rump’s Racism?
So for the past several years of the “Trump Era” of political news I have watched former/since fired MSNBC hosts Medhi Hassan, Tiffany Cross and the current roster of Nicole, Joy, Rachel, Chris, Velshi, Rev. Al & Capeheart were the main MSNBC watches for me. Even AFTER the November ‘24 election loss by Harris Walz...
But with the BULLSHIT, NON-FIRING, OF CON-FELON ‘RUMP & FIRST NAZI BOND VILLIAN BILLIONAIRE MUSK CUCKING JOE & MIKA of “Morning Joe”, keeping them ON AIR, THEN FIRING ONE OF YOUR BEST IN JOY REID!?!
WHO HAS BEEN AND STILL IS A RESISTANCE TO THESE BLATANTLY CORRUPT 'RUMP & MUSK BILLIONAIRES BEING SUPPORTED BY YOU, THE NBC NEWS/MSNBC EXECS WHO ARE NOW COMPLICIT WITH THESE TYRANTS...
OH YEAH, WE KEEP RECEIPTS!!
YOU ARE THE SAME ONES THAT WANTED PROMINENT MAGA 2020 TO 2025 (STILL!!) ELECTION DENIER & JAN 6TH SUPORTER RONNA ROMNEY-MCDANIELS ,TO BE “A CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF NBC NEWS & MSNBC” PROGRAMMING?!?! I MEAN WTF!!
*Also, it's not a coincidence that Alex Wagner (Southeast Asian) Ayman Moyheldin (Egyptian) Katie Phang (Korean) Jonathan Capeheart & Joy Reid (BLACK Americans) are all being fired during this —
D.onOld’s E.xtreme I.gnorance
— era of EVERY NEWS MEDIA CEO kissing the Orange a$$, while the still very green (and white) Jen Psaki - no offense meant to Jen or white people which my mixed plate ethnicity via Hawaiian Chinese mom and dad who is Polish, French & German, we are all born Americans - or The Weekend Trio of "Corpo Toe The Line" salespeople and constant Dem Party bashers Steele & Symone are all promoted?!!
What next?! Is disgusting MAGA mouthpiece Scott Jennings gonna replace Rachel Maddow in Primetime eh NBC News, MSNBC, Universal/Comcast!?
Uh uh, no more. As an L.A. resident I WILL stop my twice yearly visits to Universal Studios Hollywood (summer & Halloween Horror Nights) with my out of state family/friends, and I WILL do the same with my near monthly patronage to Universal Citiwalk.
I can get Maddow’s shows via 3rd party pod apps, because MSNBC…YOU ARE FIRED FROM MY CABLE & YOUTUBE VIEWERSHIP FOR THIS BLATANT SHUTTING DOWN OF BLACK WOMEN/OTHER WOMEN & POC NEWS HOSTS, AS YOU CONSTANTLY BOW DOWN TO THE AUTHORITARIAN THREATS THAT ‘RUMP & MUSK & PUTIN SPEW, INSTEAD OF STANDING UP FOR THE TRUTHTELLERS LIKE JOY, HASSAN, CROSS, WAGNER, PHANG, CAPEHEART ET ALL!!
I am so incredibly pissed at MSNBC for abandoning you & your fans. I know you’ll be fine, Joy, but democracy needs your quintessential voice. I need it. I can’t wait to see what you do. Maybe another book tour for the Evers? I would buy tickets & another copy. Will you teach journalism or writing? Will you start a new show online? Definitely, have a spa day & buy yourself a new thing at Dalya. (https://www.dalyanyc.com)
Joy! WTH? Can't believe MSNBC did that to you. The 4 ppl on this panel. and Jake Tapper at CNN are the ONLY MSM I watch. They just shot themselves in the foot. I support MTN, they are making good trouble. Hope you will consider their offer and we will be seeing you there soon. 😍😎😍
Joy! I love your show and the important material you talked about! Standing up for truth! Your show was/is crucial in a time like this and MSNBC is making a GIANT mistake! Whoever made this decision is on the wrong side of history.
What MSNBC did over the weekend is unconscionable. I'm thrilled to find Joy on Substack, where the resistance is thriving (at least for now). What Jen Rubin has done on Substack since leaving WaPo is remarkable. There is a very important place for Joy here. But where are all the big donors who supported Kamala's campaign -- how can there still no progressive answer to F-"News"? MSNBC was as close as we ever came, but no longer.
I wouldn’t abandon MSNBC yet. They still have Rachel Maddow and keep her in a very prominent spot. There are some other very good people there as well.
Firing Joy Reid was the tip of the iceberg. Basically every other anchor of color and a many members of the anchors' beloved staffs, including from Maddow's staff, also got the axe, and the way the chopping was done was stone cold. I won't be surprised if Rachel, Chris, and Lawrence are gone soon. I love them and would love to watch their shows, but MSNBC needs to understand the gravity of what they've done. I am sure I'm not the only former MSNBC devotée who will no longer tune in.
You have the respect and friendships to carry with you on your journey,Joy, and you have all of us,here, on Substack too. Keep us updated on what ever you do in the near future?? Blessings 🙏
Love you Joy! Your absence on MSNBC is messed up! You are so unique, powerful and truthful in your reporting and coverage and do it with soul! Look forward to following you here and everywhere and seeing you create the space to keep it going in a different place… like here :). Much love
You said it!
fool
God bless Rachel for standing up for you!!!
Sometimes things happen for a reason. She can reach more like Acosta is… She is smart and excellent at being a journalist!!!
This is the email I sent to Carrie Budoff Brown of NBC News, NBCUniversal/Comcast, and MSNBC in the wake of Joy's firing along with Alex, Katie, Ayman, and Johnathan by MSNBC execs...
"Subject: Ratings or Bowing To ‘Rump’s Racism?
So for the past several years of the “Trump Era” of political news I have watched former/since fired MSNBC hosts Medhi Hassan, Tiffany Cross and the current roster of Nicole, Joy, Rachel, Chris, Velshi, Rev. Al & Capeheart were the main MSNBC watches for me. Even AFTER the November ‘24 election loss by Harris Walz...
But with the BULLSHIT, NON-FIRING, OF CON-FELON ‘RUMP & FIRST NAZI BOND VILLIAN BILLIONAIRE MUSK CUCKING JOE & MIKA of “Morning Joe”, keeping them ON AIR, THEN FIRING ONE OF YOUR BEST IN JOY REID!?!
WHO HAS BEEN AND STILL IS A RESISTANCE TO THESE BLATANTLY CORRUPT 'RUMP & MUSK BILLIONAIRES BEING SUPPORTED BY YOU, THE NBC NEWS/MSNBC EXECS WHO ARE NOW COMPLICIT WITH THESE TYRANTS...
OH YEAH, WE KEEP RECEIPTS!!
YOU ARE THE SAME ONES THAT WANTED PROMINENT MAGA 2020 TO 2025 (STILL!!) ELECTION DENIER & JAN 6TH SUPORTER RONNA ROMNEY-MCDANIELS ,TO BE “A CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF NBC NEWS & MSNBC” PROGRAMMING?!?! I MEAN WTF!!
*Also, it's not a coincidence that Alex Wagner (Southeast Asian) Ayman Moyheldin (Egyptian) Katie Phang (Korean) Jonathan Capeheart & Joy Reid (BLACK Americans) are all being fired during this —
D.onOld’s E.xtreme I.gnorance
— era of EVERY NEWS MEDIA CEO kissing the Orange a$$, while the still very green (and white) Jen Psaki - no offense meant to Jen or white people which my mixed plate ethnicity via Hawaiian Chinese mom and dad who is Polish, French & German, we are all born Americans - or The Weekend Trio of "Corpo Toe The Line" salespeople and constant Dem Party bashers Steele & Symone are all promoted?!!
What next?! Is disgusting MAGA mouthpiece Scott Jennings gonna replace Rachel Maddow in Primetime eh NBC News, MSNBC, Universal/Comcast!?
Uh uh, no more. As an L.A. resident I WILL stop my twice yearly visits to Universal Studios Hollywood (summer & Halloween Horror Nights) with my out of state family/friends, and I WILL do the same with my near monthly patronage to Universal Citiwalk.
I can get Maddow’s shows via 3rd party pod apps, because MSNBC…YOU ARE FIRED FROM MY CABLE & YOUTUBE VIEWERSHIP FOR THIS BLATANT SHUTTING DOWN OF BLACK WOMEN/OTHER WOMEN & POC NEWS HOSTS, AS YOU CONSTANTLY BOW DOWN TO THE AUTHORITARIAN THREATS THAT ‘RUMP & MUSK & PUTIN SPEW, INSTEAD OF STANDING UP FOR THE TRUTHTELLERS LIKE JOY, HASSAN, CROSS, WAGNER, PHANG, CAPEHEART ET ALL!!
Sincerely
Kenneth J."
It is outrageous that your program had been cut, Joy. Your reporting on the horror of what Donald Trump is doing to our country has been outstanding.
Thank you for posting! Hoping Joy comes to Substack soon♥️
I am so incredibly pissed at MSNBC for abandoning you & your fans. I know you’ll be fine, Joy, but democracy needs your quintessential voice. I need it. I can’t wait to see what you do. Maybe another book tour for the Evers? I would buy tickets & another copy. Will you teach journalism or writing? Will you start a new show online? Definitely, have a spa day & buy yourself a new thing at Dalya. (https://www.dalyanyc.com)
Please, please post a lot here! 🥰🥰🥰
So now I really have no reason to watch MSNBC. If they think the ratings are bad now, just watch and see!!
Rachel Maddow and a few others are still a good reason to watch MSNBC.
Thank You Joy!!
You are one of the BEST, Joy❣️
Have loved you for years. I’ll follow you anywhere. You are the smartest person in the room.
Joy! WTH? Can't believe MSNBC did that to you. The 4 ppl on this panel. and Jake Tapper at CNN are the ONLY MSM I watch. They just shot themselves in the foot. I support MTN, they are making good trouble. Hope you will consider their offer and we will be seeing you there soon. 😍😎😍
Joy! I love your show and the important material you talked about! Standing up for truth! Your show was/is crucial in a time like this and MSNBC is making a GIANT mistake! Whoever made this decision is on the wrong side of history.
What MSNBC did over the weekend is unconscionable. I'm thrilled to find Joy on Substack, where the resistance is thriving (at least for now). What Jen Rubin has done on Substack since leaving WaPo is remarkable. There is a very important place for Joy here. But where are all the big donors who supported Kamala's campaign -- how can there still no progressive answer to F-"News"? MSNBC was as close as we ever came, but no longer.
I wouldn’t abandon MSNBC yet. They still have Rachel Maddow and keep her in a very prominent spot. There are some other very good people there as well.
Firing Joy Reid was the tip of the iceberg. Basically every other anchor of color and a many members of the anchors' beloved staffs, including from Maddow's staff, also got the axe, and the way the chopping was done was stone cold. I won't be surprised if Rachel, Chris, and Lawrence are gone soon. I love them and would love to watch their shows, but MSNBC needs to understand the gravity of what they've done. I am sure I'm not the only former MSNBC devotée who will no longer tune in.
You have the respect and friendships to carry with you on your journey,Joy, and you have all of us,here, on Substack too. Keep us updated on what ever you do in the near future?? Blessings 🙏
🫶🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU - WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING!