MSNBC, Joy Reid apologize for old blog posts but avoid hacking claim

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

MSNBC host Joy Reid apologized Friday afternoon for controversial content on her now-defunct blog.

MSNBC also issued a statement of support for Reid on Friday, coupled with a new statement from the host apologizing for her past blog posts but not taking ownership of all the posts allegedly written by her more than a decade ago.

The network said some of the things written on the blog, which have recently resurfaced, are "obviously hateful and hurtful." Reid said she's "sincerely apologizing again" for her past writings, but did not address her previous claim that the posts were a result of hacking.

"Some of the things written by Joy on her old blog are obviously hateful and hurtful," the network said. "They are not reflective of the colleague and friend we have known at MSNBC for the past seven years. Joy has apologized publicly and privately and said she has grown and evolved in the many years since, and we know this to be true."

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/media/390286-msnbc-joy-reid-apologize-for-old-blog-posts-but-avoid-hacking-claim

[Liberalhammer]

1. Bait and switch

Rosanne real time racism vs. Samantha Bee and Joy Reid.

Not even close to the rights white supremacism, conspiracy nuts, sexism, and all around assholemess.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Yes, instead of talking about the RACIST TRAITOR in the WHITE HOUSE doing what PUTIN

tells him to do we are talking about a couple of women, weird that, eh, who have made a couple mistakes in their lives.

Sounds about right to me, and sounds like the DEATH MARCH for this democracy if we dont start focusing on what is really important.

[stonecutter357]

2. cool story bro !

[ladym55]

4. It's called payback

The vultures are waiting with their faux outrage whenever they suffer a defeat (ie, cancellation of Roseanne). They want tit for tat, so they hope that the overly virtuous left will throw their people under a bus.

Note that they ALWAYS go for the most effective progressive voices.

But the standards are NEVER held for the occupant of the White House. Hmmm.

[iluvtennis]

5. Exactly.

[kimbutgar]

6. Right wingers so desperately want a scalp in return for Roseanne Barr

They returned to Joy after trying to get Samantha Bee. Pitiful revengeful assholes.

[andytheteacher]

7. Trump is worse

Trump is 100x worse. The media reports it, but voters don't seem to care. Hard to understand.

I think it's lame to bring up old blog posts stuff. I reckon this is what it will be like in 10 years when the current 30 somethings are all running for major offices...."you said this on twitter once..." It's the new normal I guess.

Joy should come clean about the hacker claims though, it was obviously a made up story-- but we all do dumb stuff when we are cornered.

[DeminPennswoods]

8. She seems to have been sort of a "snark" blogger

in her younger days.

[McCamy Taylor]

9. Dudes, would Hunter S. Thompson apologize?

Would Gore Vidal? This is bull shit. Credible journalists will call it bull shit. In those exact words.