Talk about not reading the room.
Yesterday, MSNBC announced it had canceled Joy Reid's primetime show, The ReidOut, as the network seeks to shake things up following a ratings nosedive. This cancelation came on the heels of MSNBC settling a hefty defamation lawsuit brought by a Georgia doctor who Rachel Maddow accused of performing mass hysterectomies on illegal alien women.
You'd think part of the shake-up at MSNBC would include figuring out why their ratings plummeted and why they just gave what we can only assume is tens of millions in lawsuit settlements.
This writer will even help MSNBC out: it's because you're a Left-wing Democrat propagandist. That's why your ratings are in the toilet, and that's why you lost a defamation lawsuit.
If they changed that, maybe they could turn things around.
But they're doubling down on being progressives.
MSNBC's new president Rebecca Kutler plans to announce broad programming changes to the network that elevate some of its most progressive voices, sources told Axios.
Why it matters: The changes signal the network's intent to double down on its liberal bend instead of moving toward the center in a new Trump era.
State of play: The programming shifts, which will impact dayside, weekend and primetime programming, include moving former White House press secretary Jen Psaki, currently the host of the weekend show, 'Inside with Jen Psaki,' to anchor one of the primetime hours during the week.
- Psaki could be named anchor of MSNBC's 9 p.m. hour, which Rachel Maddow currently helms, sources told Axios. Maddow has returned to the anchor chair five times per week during the first 100 days of the Trump administration. She plans to return to anchoring just once per week on Mondays after that.
They replaced Reid with Symone Sanders and Maddow with Jen Psaki.
Yeah, they've learned nothing.
No one is fooled. There's a reason why ratings plummeted after the election.
Nothing.
We're not gonna stop them.
Makes perfect sense.
It'll be a joyful day.
Let's see how it works out for them.
It's adorable they think it will.
We never said they were good at this.
This writer is certain we haven't heard the last of that.
Yeah. Bring it on.