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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMediaite's Colby Hall: Why Doesn't Joy Reid Have a Weekday Evening Show on MSNBC?
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/why-doesnt-joy-reid-have-a-weekday-evening-show-on-msnbc/It is really easy to ask why this or that person doesnt have his or her own prime time cable show. But Joy Reid is different. She is different in what she covers, how she covers it and different in that she is a proven entity in the world of cable news. She is also a total bad-ass.
In the event that you dont tune into weekend mornings on MSNBC, or miss her occasional turns as interim host to cover for a vacationing host, Ms. Reid has become one of the top cable news hosts in the business. Day in and day out she consistently brings fire and passion to her weekend AM with Joy Reid show, and seems to intrinsically understand what cable news viewers value most: a strong and consistent point of view that shows savvy understanding of complicated political issues, and the willingness to speak truth to power. Directly.
A cursory look at recent Mediaite posts illustrate why shes so good.
Shes fearless, best exemplified by her going off on the apparent hypocrisy of her competitors at Fox News, namely Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, in light of their Harvey Weinstein obsession, yet ignoring the Roger Ailes, Bill OReilly and Eric Bolling sexual harassment allegations/debacles. She doesnt bite her tongue especially in speaking truth to power like when she called out President Donald Trump for what she sees as a pattern of his particular reflex to attack women, to attack women of color. Whether you agree with her or not, she effortlessly elicits out newsworthy comments and/or meaningful discussions from her guests.
Reid wasnt always this good. In her earlier days she seemed far less relaxed in a hosting role but she has honed her skills, served her time and proven her value.
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In the event that you dont tune into weekend mornings on MSNBC, or miss her occasional turns as interim host to cover for a vacationing host, Ms. Reid has become one of the top cable news hosts in the business. Day in and day out she consistently brings fire and passion to her weekend AM with Joy Reid show, and seems to intrinsically understand what cable news viewers value most: a strong and consistent point of view that shows savvy understanding of complicated political issues, and the willingness to speak truth to power. Directly.
A cursory look at recent Mediaite posts illustrate why shes so good.
Shes fearless, best exemplified by her going off on the apparent hypocrisy of her competitors at Fox News, namely Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, in light of their Harvey Weinstein obsession, yet ignoring the Roger Ailes, Bill OReilly and Eric Bolling sexual harassment allegations/debacles. She doesnt bite her tongue especially in speaking truth to power like when she called out President Donald Trump for what she sees as a pattern of his particular reflex to attack women, to attack women of color. Whether you agree with her or not, she effortlessly elicits out newsworthy comments and/or meaningful discussions from her guests.
Reid wasnt always this good. In her earlier days she seemed far less relaxed in a hosting role but she has honed her skills, served her time and proven her value.
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Agree completely. I'd like to see her replace Chris Matthews.
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Mediaite's Colby Hall: Why Doesn't Joy Reid Have a Weekday Evening Show on MSNBC? (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Oct 2017
OP
But I need her 4 hours of goodness on the weekends, when there is nothing else. nt
SunSeeker
Oct 2017
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comradebillyboy
(10,178 posts)1. It's been a treat watching Joy Reid turn into a star.
When opportunity knocks Joy answers.
SunSeeker
(51,745 posts)2. But I need her 4 hours of goodness on the weekends, when there is nothing else. nt
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)3. Black man no longer in the white house
MSNBC has pared back their non-white on-camera folks..and instead have offered us.."commentators" such as:
Hugh Hewitt
Bill Kristol
Steve Schmidt (actually kind of sane these days)
Nicolle Wallace (saner and nicer than before)
Peggy Noonan
The few non-white on camera people tend to be on-location folks..
I am happy to have Joy whenever..where ever..more Joy would be better...less Andrea Mitchell....would be nice... Let Joy have some time with her family on weekends and give her a M-F gig..