MSNBC Host Joy Reid Wrote Numerous Anti-Gay Articles on Her Old Blog

[karynnj]

84. I doubt that is the motivation - they are likely parsing everything said by prominent Democrats

- and she is a prominent Democrat in the media.

I am repulsed by her having been part of the effort to smear Crist by writing or repeating allegations suggesting that he was gay and living a lie. She clearly showed a lack of judgment in blogging things that she absolutely could not have had any real knowledge on.

If this was part of a pattern of repeating smears or a pattern of homophobic comments, then this is serious. If it was a slip in judgment in repeating in her blog what were rumours in Florida, she needs not just the Crist forgiveness she has, but (IMO) an apology for spreading what was unverifiable harmful gossip to her followers.

Given how rumours spread, the gossiper can never correct the information with all the people who read (or heard) their smear. As she is now in the position as a MSNBC host, she has a huge platform. The ONLY way her comments on Jane Sanders come into play is that this recent accusation that smeared Jane Sanders and was untrue suggests that she has a problem with this and needs to be careful NOT to repeat rumours or unsourced accusations.

I hope she does address this, because I think she is a good, articulate media person otherwise. What is concerning was that this earlier Crist stuff shows a similar pattern of being willing to repeat (or even start in Sanders' case) rumours against people she does not support.