cable news
-
MSNBC Taps Tiffany Cross, Jonathan Capehart as Weekend Anchors
There exists a misplaced assumption that the recent focus on inclusion is a quasi-benevolent gift to Black people. But profit-driven companies are not supposed to care about diversity for diversity’s sake. Even the most progressive individuals believe that “diversity hires” help Black employees, when, in reality, it is white people who get most of the…
-
The ReidOut Brings Black History and Joy to MSNBC's Primetime Lineup
Tonight, Gwen Ifill and my grandmother will be watching Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Joy Reid will be there, too. “I’m trying to channel Gwen Ifill’s spirit, my mother’s spirit and the ancestors’ spirits,”…
-
Joy Reid Is Ready for Prime Time, Will Host Nightly MSNBC News Show
After four years hosting the weekend talk show AM Joy on MSNBC, journalist Joy Reid will now take over a coveted nightly spot on the left-leaning cable news network, becoming one of only a handful of Black women to ever helm an evening news show. Reid’s new show, The ReidOut, will debut on July 20…
-
Sean Hannity Is Garbage, but Not All Opinion Shows Are Trash
Ted Koppel performed a great service to his country in telling Sean Hannity to his face that he was “bad for America.” Hannity can simmer in his lingering anger over the widely shared clip that originally aired on CBS Sunday Morning as he sees fit, but it does not absolve him of the sins that…