Radar Online: Joy Reid Furious at MSNBC, Eager to "Torch Network to the Ground"

MSNBC deserves Joy Reid (and she deserves MSNBC).

The story goes that she conspired with other leftwing lunatic hosts Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, and Nicole Wallace to stage an internal coup and stop the network from attempting to "moderate." (There is no evidence it is doing so.)

Is MSNBC racist for firing the black conspirator while keeping the white conspirators? Of course it is. #MSNBCSoWhite

EXCLUSIVE: Dumped Host Joy Reid Set to 'Scream Bloody Murder' Over Being Axed from MSNBC -- 'She Knows Where the Bodies are Buried and Is Getting Set to Torch Network to Ground!'

Joy Reid, axed from MSNBC, is reportedly preparing to reveal network secrets and cause turmoil.

An unrepentant Joy Reid is set to scream bloody murder and seek vengeance against MSNBC for canceling her show, The ReidOut, and unceremoniously kicking her out the door, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

The 56-year-old anchor, who had been with MSNBC for over a decade, is said to be furious over what she sees as a backstabbing betrayal from the very network she helped build.

An MSNBC insider said: "She's livid, and she knows everything. She's ready to burn the house down."

According to sources, Reid signed her own death warrant by holding an internal summit with other anchors, including Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell and Nicolle Wallace, to unite in battle against the network's new strategy to be less left-wing biased.

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Now, sources said she's looking to roast those she believes betrayed her.

The insider warned: "MSNBC wants her to sign an NDA, but that's not going to happen. If they think they are going to silence her, they better think again."

So she's making threats, or her lawyer is making threats, to try to extract an outsized payoff. Don LeMon pulled the same scam. So did Chris Cuomo.

More from the Daily Mail: Cashew-headed conspiracy queen Rachel Maddow has burned bridges with MSNBC, too.

And her ratings have plunged. Wrong time to call out the executives.

Rachel Maddow's rant at MSNBC bosses backfires spectacularly as her ratings slump

Rachel Maddow's rant at MSNBC bosses appears to have backfired spectacularly as five million viewers fled the news program in a massive 22 per cent ratings slump.

The Rachel Maddow Show dropped from 2.3 million viewers to 1.8 million viewers since the election of President Donald Trump won the election.

The star did even worse with younger viewers aged 25-54, losing 29 percent - or almost one third - of the group advertisers care about most, as reported by Fox News.

She lost a quarter of her audience, or 24 percent, in the first two months of 2025 compared to the same time last year - showing viewers are tuning out now that Joe Biden is no longer president.

Despite the overall decline, Maddow's show still managed to win its time slot last Friday and most nights last week, only losing out on Tuesday when President Trump delivered his address to the joint session of Congress.

This ratings disaster comes after Maddow had an angry meltdown with network bosses over the ousting of Joy Reid and other 'non-white' hosts.

The $25 million a year host erupted at MSNBC's new boss Rebecca Kutler live on air, saying it was 'disturbing' that 'non-white hosts in primetime were losing their shows.'

Katie Phang, who is Asian American and Jonathan Capehart, who is black, lost their primetime shows too.

Both will remain at the network, but in less high-profile roles.

Influential media newsletter Puck highlighted how Maddow's own enormous salary could help expand MSNBC's ranks considerably.

The network is laying off 125 producers- many of whom work on Maddow's show - but will rehire 110 of them.

Her program, The Rachel Maddow Show, typically reaches around 2.1 million viewers a night.

Maddow struck a $25 million a year deal which only saw her required to host one show a week, on Monday night.

She agreed to take a $5 million pay cut last year, lowering her massive salary from $30 million to $25 million - which would still equal to the combined earnings of at least 250 production staff who make each of her evening shows possible.

She agreed to cover the first 100 days of the Trump presidency after he won his second term in office and will return to her one shift a week role in April.

posted by Ace at 04:43 PM

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