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Former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said Tuesday that if President Donald Trump wins reelection, his second term “will be Moscow’s for the taking.” The comments came after MSNBC anchor Nicole Wallace asked “with the finding that there was this elaborate and intricate web of connections and contacts between Donald Trump’s campaign in 2016 and …
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As news broke Friday that John Durham’s criminal probe into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation had resulted in a former FBI lawyer pleading guilty to doctoring FISA evidence used against the Trump campaign, the formerly Russia-obsessed mainstream media did its best to look the other way. Kevin Clinesmith, who first worked on the FBI’s …
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A former MSNBC producer on Monday published a searing open letter explaining why she left the network, writing that the broadcast news industry is a “cancer” that “stokes national division” due to the prioritization of ratings. Ariana Pekary, a producer for MSNBC’s primetime show “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell,” said her last day at the …
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Chuck Todd has lost his 5 p.m. show on MSNBC amid much “hand wringing” at the network, Page Six is told. Todd is giving way to Nicolle Wallace’s 4 p.m. show, “Deadline: White House,” which will expand to two hours, taking over the slot previously held by Todd’s “MTP Daily,” which moves to 1 p.m. …
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Joy Reid pulled in near-record numbers of viewers for the premiere of her MSNBC show “The ReidOut” on Monday. She grabbed 2.6 million overall viewers — making it the second-most-watched regularly scheduled episode to air in the 7 p.m. hour in MSNBC’s history. Only her predecessor Chris Matthews has managed more, when 2.77 million tuned in …
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Joy Reid’s friends and family threw her a surprise Zoom party on Sunday to celebrate her MSNBC show, “The ReidOut.” “It was a very emotional virtual party… It was a celebration of her making history as the first African American woman to host a primetime cable show. She was on with her husband Jason, and …
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An appellate court has ruled that Joy Reid, the new host of MSNBC’s 7 p.m. weeknight hour, should again face a defamation lawsuit over a woman’s claim that, in Reid’s social media posts, she falsely accused her of making racist remarks at a 2018 Simi Valley, CA city council meeting. The plaintiff in the case, …
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Joy Reid is about to make history as cable’s first black female prime-time anchor. Back in March, Page Six first reported that Reid was on a short list — along with Shep Smith and Steve Kornacki — to take over the slot occupied by Chris Matthews until his abrupt exit from MSNBC. Now we’re told …
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MSNBC is reportedly eying Joy Reid to replace Chris Matthews as the host of a primetime news and opinion program. The network is negotiating with Reid to step into a 7 p.m. slot and precede MSNBC’s primetime programs hosted by Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes, sources told The Wall Street Journal. Reid currently hosts the …
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Reverend Al Sharpton on Wednesday called for further investigation into the “noose” found in African American NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace’s garage despite the FBI’s determination that the object was not put there to target him and had been present since 2019. The FBI said on Tuesday, “The noose found in garage number 4 [at Talladega …
Former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said Tuesday that if President Donald Trump wins reelection, his second term “will be Moscow’s for the taking.” The comments came after MSNBC anchor Nicole Wallace asked “with the finding that there was this elaborate and intricate web of connections and contacts between Donald Trump’s campaign in 2016 and …
