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Rachel Maddow throws down gauntlet with blistering rant on 'indefensible' moves by ruthless new MSNBC president
Daily Mail UK ^ | February 25, 2025 | Stephen M. Lepore

Posted on 02/25/2025 7:00:56 AM PST by Morgana

MSNBC's $25 million liberal icon Rachel Maddow torched new president Rebecca Kutler and the network brass Monday after they canceled Joy Reid's show.

The anchor appeared on the last episode of The ReidOut earlier in the evening, where she declared herself 'bereft' that Reid had been fired but didn't initially criticize the network.

When Maddow - who was rumored to have taken a pay cut when signing her new contract at MSNBC - took to the airwaves later on, it was no-holds barred, with Maddow slamming the network for firing Reid and a slew of other 'non-white' anchors.

'I do not want to lose her as a colleague here at MSNBC, and personally, I think it is a bad mistake to let her walk out the door. It is not my call and I understand that. But that's what I think,' Maddow said.

She added: 'I will tell you. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two – count them – two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend. And that feels worse than bad, no matter who replaces them. That feels indefensible. And I do not defend it.'

Phang, Jonathan Capehart and Ayman Mohyeldin have also been given the boot from their current timeslots by ruthless new boss Kutler.

Maddow did praise whomever would replace Reid, which is reported to be Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders Townsend and Michael Steele in the interim.

'Everybody who's going to be in anchor chairs from here on out are great colleagues and great at what they do. And you are not going to be disappointed in who's on our air and what you're going to be seeing,' she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Morgana

If she would pro-rate her salary to one day per week, then MSNBC would be closer to making a profit.


21 posted on 02/25/2025 7:11:56 AM PST by Eli Kopter (Gentle elves set light to lead the Faroes on the starry way from age to age - U. of Faroe Islands)
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To: dfwgator

That would improve its ratings.


22 posted on 02/25/2025 7:12:53 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: dfwgator

https://youtu.be/za20mVbOW_Y?si=jXoNPLxvI8vO_GZ-


23 posted on 02/25/2025 7:14:11 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Morgana

She doesn’t have a gauntlet to throw


24 posted on 02/25/2025 7:15:14 AM PST by albie (U)
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To: Morgana

DEI is DEAD.


25 posted on 02/25/2025 7:18:38 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Morgana

Joy Reid is the OJ Simpson of pundits although less likeable.


26 posted on 02/25/2025 7:21:48 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: Morgana
Rachel Maddow torched new president Rebecca Kutler and the network brass Monday

Is that the same as a resignation for Rachel Mad-cow?

27 posted on 02/25/2025 7:24:25 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Morgana

That isn’t a gauntlet, THAT’S A DEAD SKUNK!


28 posted on 02/25/2025 7:28:01 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The U.S. Government was not created to be a jobs program. )
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To: Morgana

Butthurt is strong in this one.

Mornons…like Romney. I like it!


29 posted on 02/25/2025 7:29:58 AM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: Morgana

I expect every day to see that Rachel Maddow is canceled. And it will happen.

She can rant and rave all she wants - no one is listening.


30 posted on 02/25/2025 7:34:45 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Morgana
If they want ratings, they better hire prettier hostesses.

Maddow is a "1" on a good day. On all the other days she is a 0.

"Lesbians, it's not like in the movies …"

31 posted on 02/25/2025 7:38:02 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Eli Kopter
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32 posted on 02/25/2025 7:38:53 AM PST by The Louiswu (You get what you vote for, good and hard.)
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To: brownsfan

Exactly. That is how all the activist democrat mainstream media stayed in business. They were secretly funded by the taxpayers without our consent.

They didn’t need to put out real news or court viewers to survive.


33 posted on 02/25/2025 7:43:01 AM PST by dforest
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To: Morgana

Ok Rachel, go for it. Resign from MSNBC and go independent on Substack. Let the market pay you what you are worth.


34 posted on 02/25/2025 7:43:52 AM PST by sphinx
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To: Morgana
I wonder if she knows she’s the next to go?

She has to know that she's the highest-paid of the remaining underperformers. Chill Hand o' Death!

35 posted on 02/25/2025 7:47:04 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Morgana

I expect Maddow will be next to go. Wasn’t she recently demoted?


36 posted on 02/25/2025 7:48:54 AM PST by The Great RJ
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To: Morgana


Jen Psaki in 2021 telling oil pipeline workers go get green jobs
37 posted on 02/25/2025 7:53:18 AM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Morgana

38 posted on 02/25/2025 7:54:26 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Morgana
Maybe they can just get this hack to replace him, for the show that no one watches.... same diff ...


39 posted on 02/25/2025 7:59:08 AM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Flag_This

If Madcow resigned who would give a voice o the dearly departed race baiters?😅😂🤣


40 posted on 02/25/2025 8:00:01 AM PST by Mastador1
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