President Donald Trump celebrated the firing of MSNBC host Joy Reid on Sunday, denouncing her and the network as “fake news” and asserting that they should be “forced to pay vast sums of money” for their factual reporting on him.
Reid, who has been with MSNBC since 2014 and has hosted a primetime program called “The ReidOut” for the past five years, was fired in a major shakeup of the network. Her final episode will air sometime later this week.
Her program will be replaced by a program co-hosted by multiple MSNBC personalities, including former Democratic Party strategist Symone Sanders Townsend, former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele and television journalist Alicia Menendez. The three currently co-host a show on Saturdays and Sundays called “The Weekend.”
MSNBC has also fired Ayman Mohyeldin, a veteran of the network who has been with the company for 14 years. Mohyeldin’s last episode will likely air in mid-April.
During a recorded meeting discussing Mohyeldin’s termination, MSNBC officials confirmed that they were moving the network toward “ensemble shows” like “The Weekend” on the basis that they had seen higher success rates. The move showcases a potential shift by the network toward more “centrist” or supposedly balanced programming.
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