Joy Reid claims horrified MSNBC bosses pressured her to stop social media posts before she was fired

Joy Reid claimed MSNBC bosses were “horrified” by her presence on social media and repeatedly pressured her to stop tweeting before ultimately canceling her primetime show, “The ReidOut.”In a wide-ranging conversation with Katie Couric released Monday on Reid’s new podcast, the former MSNBC host claimed that management at the left-leaning, Comcast-owned network discouraged her from engaging with audiences online, fearing it gave her too much autonomy.“Anytime I would tweet anything, I would get calls — I would get, ‘Please get off Twitter, we hate it,’” Reid said.“They just don’t like that it pulls their talent and their reporters out of their control because now you’re not running what you’re tweeting through Standards and Practices.It’s giving your personality directly to the audience, which they don’t like because it’s no longer managed and curated by them.”Reid’s MSNBC program “The ReidOut” was canceled in February as part of a broader programming overhaul led by the network’s new president, Rebecca Kutler.

Reid’s final broadcast aired on Feb.24.The cancellation occurred amid a network-wide restructuring that also affected other hosts, including Alex Wagner and Katie Phang.Reid’s remarks come ahead of the June 9 launch of “The Joy Reid Show,” a new podcast and YouTube series.She posted the interview with Couric to her website and YouTube channel, marking her most candid remarks yet about her February departure from MSNBC.The network gave no public explanation when it canceled “The ReidOut,” sparking speculation that the decision was part of a broader post-election shakeup following Donald Trump’s return to the presidency.Several non-white anchors were let go around the same time.

Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann called it “an MSNBC purge so brutally racist it makes you think it was done by [Elon] Musk.”When Couric asked her directly what led to her dismissal, Reid said she’s still unsure.“I’v...