Rachel Maddow Staff Get Axed Amid MSNBC Shake Up
The major shake-up at MSNBC continues to affect both on-camera talent and behind-the-scenes staff, with a new report claiming the majority of the team on Rachel Maddow‘s prime-time news show is being let go.
As reported by The Guardian on Tuesday (February 25), most of Maddow’s production team are set to lose their jobs, though sources told the outlet the staff will be given the option to claim severance or reapply for new roles at the network.
The publication notes that Maddow, who hosts MSNBC’s highest-rated show Mondays to Fridays, will get to keep her executive producer, Cory Gnazza, in addition to several other senior producers. However, the rest of her team will be axed, along with producers who worked on recently canceled shows hosted by Joy Reid, Katie Phang, Jonathan Capehart, Ayman Mohyeldin, and José Díaz-Balart.
On Monday (February 24), Maddow opened her show by speaking out against MNSBC for canceling Reid’s show, in addition to Alex Wagner losing her nightly prime-time show. “Personally, I think it is a bad mistake to let [Reid] walk out the door. It is not my call, and I understand that. But that’s what I think,” she said.
She also called it “unnerving” that “both of our non-white hosts in prime time are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend.”
The Guardian reports that Maddow’s team was let go due to a “quirk” of how they worked on both Maddow’s and Wagner’s shows. Maddow had previously scaled back to hosting only Mondays but has returned to five nights a week for the first 100 days of President Trump‘s term. Wagner previously hosted Tuesday to Friday.
Jen Psaki, the former Biden White House press secretary, will take over the Tuesday to Friday slot once Maddow returns to Mondays only. Wagner will remain on as a senior political analyst for the network.
A network source told the outlet these changes were not “widespread layoffs” but instead a reallocation of producers to support new programs and priorities. The new roles are said to be posted internally first and wouldn’t be revealed externally until impacted employees have had a chance to reapply.
Maddow also addressed the staffing cuts on Monday’s show, telling her viewers, “Dozens of producers and staffers, including some who are among the most experienced and most talented and most specialist producers in the building are facing being laid off.”
She added, “They’re being invited to reapply for new jobs. That has never happened at this scale in this way before when it comes to programming changes, presumably because it’s not the right way to treat people.”
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What the article said I believe some of it but I still have my doubt. I think, that MSNBC was on Trump's list of unfavorable. I believe that Trump is behind it. Trump did threaten one time to go after MSNBC. Now they got a new producer owner whatever it is who is shaking up the networks. And for the morning show, I believe since the couple went down to mal a logo they had something to do with it.
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I think Trump is behind this completely. He is behind everything ugly.
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First Joy....and Lawrence, now messing with Rachel?!!! These people have no spine.
How can we do this without truth in reporting?
Despicable. Evil. Shameful.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
THE PEOPLE WILL WIN.
GOD (good) has got to be on our side.
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Lawrence did not leave; he got an infection while on vacation so he was out an extra week recovering. Rachel Maddow announced it on her show. He's coming back.
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Nah I don’t think God is on your “side”. 🙄
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To be honest, Trump is behind this. He'll do whatever it takes to destroy people telling us the real truth about what is going on. He wants to shutter the news media especially when they don't agree with him and his administration.
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I miss Rachel, she is my go-to for news information that I cannot understand. Rachel gets into the history of the story and really clarifies it for you. She is honest and is not afraid to tell the truth. When 9pm rolls around, I am there at my screen listening to her. From Rachel, I learned to listen to opinions and check out what is fake and what is truth. I also love, Ari at 6pm, Chris at 8pm, Rachel at 9pm, and Lawrence at 10pm. My evening is with the best news commentators on TV! They are not afraid to tell us the truth. These guys put their lives on the line for us. You can't beat this line-up!😀👍♥️
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Rachael it's a liar and a left wing glesbian lunatoc
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Rachel brings the receipts, Fox does not, Trumpets never do
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Trump is simply a Megalomaniac Narcissist personified, and yep, he is Evil, claiming he wants to be Pope? Jesus next??
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I hope they get rid of these fake news, come on folks a American, I am retired teacher and at least our President is fighting for us⭐️🇺🇸
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I hope they shut down completely! They tell so many lies!!!
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Fox is an entertainment network and Hannity is a drop out. They lie every night. MSNBC is actual fact checked News. Look up Fox News on Wikipedia...a rightwibg entertainment network . They paid a f I ne nearly a billion dollars fir blatantly lying to you. Don't be so gullible.
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