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New York Post
4 days ago
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- New York Post
Keith Olbermann pours cold water on claims Colbert was fired for political reasons
Advertisement Ex-MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has weighed in on whether Stephen Colbert was canceled by CBS for political reasons, throwing cold water on the theory he was axed for his criticism of Trump. 'Sorry. That's not what happened here. If it had, they wouldn't be keeping him on until next MAY,' Olbermann said in a post on X. CBS announced they'd canceled 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' Thursday, stating that the over 30-year-long franchise would come to an end in May 2026 with no subsequent host taking over following Colbert's departure. The show was previously hosted by David Letterman from 1992-2015. Advertisement Olbermann authored the post in response to an X user who posted that Colbert's firing was a sign that the United States had descended into fascism. 'We are officially at the 'pulling comedians off the air who criticize our dear leader' phase of fascism,' the user posted over a picture of the late night host. 4 Ex-MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has weighed in on whether Stephen Colbert was canceled by CBS for political reasons, casting doubt on the theory that he was axed for his criticism of Trump. @KeithOlbermann/X Following the network's announcement of Colbert's ouster, numerous left-wing politicians and journalists spoke out, alleging that the talk show host was fired for political reasons, speculating that axing Colbert – a fierce critic of President Trump – was an attempt to placate White House officials amid a pending merger between CBS' parent company Paramount and Skydance. Advertisement 'CBS's billionaire owners pay Trump $16 million to settle a bogus lawsuit while trying to sell the network to Skydance. Stephen Colbert, an extraordinary talent and the most popular late night host, slams the deal. Days later, he's fired. Do I think this is a coincidence? NO,' Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders posted on X. 'If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better,' Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., wrote on X. 4 Stephen Colbert announced the cancellation of 'The Late Show' last Thursday. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert CBS settled with President Trump after he sued the network alleging election interference over a '60 Minutes' interview with his 2024 opponent former Vice President Kamala Harris which he alleged was deceptively edited. Advertisement A clip from the interview, in which Harris was asked about the war in Gaza, was released on 'Face the Nation' prior to the '60 Minutes' broadcast and featured the former VP delivering an answer that was widely derided as 'word salad.' When the interview was finally broadcast, a different, more concise response was swapped in its place. 4 New York Post cover for Saturday, July 19th, 2025. csuarez CBS, however, claimed that 'The Late Show's' cancellation was due to financial reasons, saying the show lost some $40 million a year. Colbert is No. 1 in the late night timeslot among network talk show hosts (though he regularly comes behind Fox's Gutfeld), averaging around 2.4 million viewers per episode. Overall viewership for late night talk shows has steadily declined in recent years, leading to a decrease in total ad revenues. Colbert was tapped to host the 'Late Show' following Letterman's retirement after he hosted the widely acclaimed 'Colbert Report' on Comedy Central. 4 The Ed Sullivan Theater, where the 'Late Show' is recorded live, stands in midtown Manhattan on July 18, 2025 in New York City. Getty Images Upon taking the reins of the franchise, Colbert eschewed the well-known formula of hosting a show that appeals to the broadest swath of Americans, opting instead for a highly partisan, Trump-critical program. Advertisement Fox News Digital has reached out to CBS for comment. When former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, Colbert popped champagne on air and danced, proclaiming his joy in the election result. 'Ladies and gentlemen, Joe Biden did it! He's our next president! I'm so happy!' he proclaimed, adding that he cried tears of joy upon learning Trump would no longer be president.
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Joy Reid claims MAGA voters will sacrifice their daughters to please Trump
Ex-MSNBC host Joy Reid said that MAGA voters would "let their daughters be destroyed" just to make President Donald Trump "happy." During a recent episode of "NIGHT SCHOOL with Marc Lamont Hill," Reid mentioned her concern that Trump "could declare a national emergency" and that the country would no longer have "free and fair elections." Lamont remarked that the "one glimmer of hope" he sees is that Trump is limited to this term and questioned whether "the Trump movement has the ability to move beyond Trump," and if Vice President JD Vance can lead MAGA after Trump leaves office. Trump's Maga Imprint On Gop Strong Now, But Will It Last? Experts Weigh In Reid remarked how former President Barack Obama had an electorate that would only show up for him, and that Trump's following is similar but more cult-like. "There is just an Obama voter that will only vote when Obama is on the ballot and will not vote even below the ballot," Reid said. "They will not vote down ticket, just Obama." Read On The Fox News App "Trump has those kind of voters," she added. "They are dedicated to him personally. They care more about him being happy than them being happy. They care more about him having what he wants than them having what they want." "They will give up their healthcare. They will let their daughters be destroyed. They will let their families be destroyed. They will do- there's nothing he can do. He can drown them in … Texas. He can take away their FEMA. He can do anything he wants to them. There's nothing you can do about it's a cult." Joy Reid Floats Speculation That Her Race, 'Anxiety' Surrounding Trump Played Role In Msnbc Firing Reid then went on to say that she believes Vance does not have what it takes to keep the Trump momentum alive. "And JD Vance, with his lack of charisma, he's just an a--hole, he has no personality," Reid said. "He's the personality of Ron DeSantis. Um, so, no, there is no one else who can run the cult." However, Reid said, she was concerned about White voters and their "propensity" to vote for Republicans. "But the problem is, there's the cult and then there is just this propensity among White voters to vote for any Republican and to create an adherence to any Republican because they just hate Democrats, and they don't care … no one likes Ted Cruz, but they'll vote for him any day of the week because he is not a Democrat," Reid article source: Joy Reid claims MAGA voters will sacrifice their daughters to please Trump
Fox News
25-06-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Ex-MSNBC host Joy Reid clashes with CNN panel as she defends Iran
Print Close By Hanna Panreck Published June 25, 2025 Ex-MSNBC host Joy Reid clashed with a CNN panel on Tuesday as she defended Iran after President Donald Trump launched a strike against its nuclear facilities over the weekend. "Iran-backed militias that attacked the United States forces 170 times in Syria, in Jordan and in Iraq. You know who said that? Joe Biden said that. That's why he authorized F-15 strikes against Iran," Brad Todd, a CNN contributor, told Reid. The ex-MSNBC host said during the exchange on CNN's "Newsnight" that she didn't look to former President Joe Biden as a moral authority because he "has allowed Israel in an unrestrained manner to slaughter Palestinians in Gaza." "The bottom line here is the way that we know that Iran did not have nuclear weapons is that if they had nuclear weapons, Israel would not attack them. The reason they're trying to get nukes, and probably Saudi Arabia is trying to get them, is because an expansionist power in their region keeps threatening them and actually bombs them," Reid argued. JOY REID FLOATS SPECULATION THAT HER RACE, 'ANXIETY' SURROUNDING TRUMP PLAYED ROLE IN MSNBC FIRING "I don't think it's okay that Israel has nukes either. And so the bottom line is, Israel does not even subject its nuclear weapons to the IAEA. And so my question is, should anyone in the region have nukes?" she added. "Joy, this is not just about nukes. It's also about Iran being a state sponsor of terrorism and chaos and violence and death around the world. So, I mean, there's that too," CNN host Abby Phillip said. Arthur Aidala also pushed back on Reid and said she was backing a country that slaughters gay people and kills others for their religious beliefs. "LGBTQ people can't even serve in the military under the president you prefer," Reid responded, as Aidala added, "We're not killing them!" "They're allowed to live, but they're not allowed to serve in the United States military. They're being persecuted. They can't have their stories told in school. The United States is not exactly a beacon of rights for gay people," Reid argued as Aidala called her out for comparing gay rights in the U.S. to Iran. LAWMAKERS, MEDIA DINGED FOR BLAMING TRUMP OR RIPPING ISRAEL ON IRAN: 'YOU THINK KAMALA COULD'VE STOPPED THEM?' "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg last week suggested during an episode of the ABC News talk show that the U.S. in 2025 was the same as Iran, specifically for Black people. Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin pushed back on Goldberg, noting that living in America today was "very different" than living in Iran. "Not if you're Black," Goldberg insisted as co-host Sunny Hostin added, "not for everybody." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Reid's MSNBC show was canceled earlier this year and the far-left personality speculated on Tuesday that her coverage of Gaza and repeated criticism of Trump is what led to her firing. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Print Close URL
New York Post
25-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Joy Reid claims MSNBC fired her without warning, speculates her coverage of Trump, Gaza led to ouster
Ex-MSNBC host Joy Reid speculated Tuesday that her coverage of President Donald Trump and the ongoing war in Gaza were unstated factors that led to her sudden ouster from the liberal network. During her appearance on 'The Breakfast Club,' Reid was asked what was behind her firing from MSNBC in February, insisting it wasn't a ratings issue despite the fact that the network's viewership took a huge dive after the 2024 election. 'And we had actually just had a ratings meeting, like, two weeks before I was fired, where they were like, 'You guys are actually losing – you guys lost less than, you know, your competitors, and you're actually doing fine,'' Reid said. 'So ratings were fine. We were doing fine. And you know, the ratings have not gotten better since I left.' Reid then pointed to a report about her being on the chopping block that surfaced the Friday before she was fired, which she at first thought was just a 'rumor,' but her producers began 'freaking out' over what was alleged. 'We hadn't heard anything,' Reid said. 'Nobody had called me. Nobody had said, 'You did something wrong, you're in trouble, you're on probation.' I had gotten nothing. Then I get a text message early the next morning saying, 'Can you talk at noon?' And I was fired immediately. There was no warning. And I asked, 'Well, what, you know, what's the [issue]?' Nothing. They were just like, 'Oh, we just want to make some changes.' They never said why. So I've had to live in the rumor mill with everybody else.' Ex-MSNBC host Joy Reid claims her coverage of President Donald Trump and the Israel-Hamas war led her to being fired. MSNBC The former 'ReidOut' host went on to claim there were 'two topics' that had made MSNBC management 'uncomfortable.' 'One of them is Trump, because Trump is suing everybody,' Reid said. 'I mean, he's literally threatening people to the point where '60 Minutes' is shook, where ABC News is shook. You know, he's verbally threatened Comcast by name, named [Comcast CEO] Brian Roberts by name, and all of these are businesses that want to do business that need the FCC approval. They actually have to have the federal government's approval to do mergers, acquisitions… He can pull your license… so it's like everybody is trying to navigate this really deranged man. So I think they're activating out of a sense of 'we don't want to poke the bear too much.'' Reid made an appearance on 'The Breakfast Club,' and claims ratings were not a factor in her show being cancelled. YouTube / Win With Black Women 'I think the other piece is Gaza,' she continued. 'And you just can't get away from the fact that talking about Gaza in a way that humanizes Palestinians is not the usual way that cable news operates, or that any news in this country operates for whatever reason, that topic makes people uncomfortable.' MSNBC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Reid remained defiant following her ousting, saying at the time that she would not apologize for going 'hard' on issues like Black Lives Matter, illegal immigrants, the 1619 Project and Gaza, as well as her opposition to Trump. 'I am not sorry I stood up for those things because those things are of God,' Reid said in February. 'And you know, I'm a church girl, too, and those are the things that I was taught were of God. So I'm not sorry. I'm just proud of my show.'
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Joy Reid Blasts Mainstream Media for ‘Selling a Lie' About L.A.
Ex-MSNBC host Joy Reid is accusing the 'mainstream media' of 'helping' Donald Trump spread his narrative about what's happening in Los Angeles during the protests against his ICE raids. Not too long after losing her coveted primetime spot on MSNBC in February, Reid wrote in her 'A Daily Reid' Substack newsletter on Wednesday that 'the mainstream media at this point, is participating in selling a lie: that Los Angeles is so out of control, it's plausible that Trump would send in the military as an occupying stabilizing force.' The new podcast host said she and members of her 'Joy Reid Show' staff have been in L.A. since last Thursday, where she's gotten a different picture of the city than what's been portrayed. 'The lies the regime is telling about Los Angeles are easy to disprove. You just have to go to Los Angeles,' she wrote. 'Starting on Thursday, we were all over the city—from West Hollywood to downtown, including city hall.' All the former TV host and her team saw on the ground in L.A. was ICE 'terrorizing randomly selected brown people all over the state and making racial profiling great again,' she wrote, in order to meet 'MAGA Nosferatu's 3,000 brown person a day kidnap quota.' On Sunday, 'our photographer ventured into the belly of the downtown protests that followed day three of random, military-style ICE raids that took place all over Los Angeles County,' she wrote of the 'warlike operation' that made stops at unassuming places one normally wouldn't hope to find the violent criminals Trump said his raids would prioritize. The president deployed about 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 active-duty Marines to quell protests against the expansive ICE raids in the city over the weekend, even though mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom insisted they were under control until the armed forces incited violence. Those reports have not deterred the president from escalating the White House's response to demonstrators, who he's called 'animals' and a 'foreign enemy.' 'Trump, Bondi, Hegseth,' and 'the puppy killer' Kristi Noem 'have created a fake, dystopian version of Los Angeles as a cheap excuse to launch a military occupation of California,' Reid went on, and are now threatening to 'use the Insurrection Act to put the whole country under martial law.' Helping his cause is 'dramatic media coverage,' Reid wrote, linking subscribers to CNN's dystopyian reports from on the ground. 'Mainstream journalists are even going so far as to casually inquire about the insurrection act,' she continued, 'which gives Pam Bondi the chance to do her Leni Riefenstahl act' in her comments to press Wednesday morning. Reid also quoted from Mayor Bass' comments to local outlet NBC4 on Tuesday, that 'those of us in Los Angeles understand that the unrest that has happened are a few blocks within the downtown area. It is not all of downtown, and it is not all of the city. Unfortunately, the visuals make it seem as though our entire city is in flames, and it is not the case at all.' L.A. is a 'perfectly normal, quiet city almost everywhere,' Reid concluded—and the 'the businesses Pam Bondi pretends to care about? The risk to them is not their own dish washers, cooks, clerks and construction workers. It's the Trump regime, that keeps kidnapping their employees. Maybe they should stop doing that. If they do, and withdraw their occupation forces, L.A. and the rest of California can go on about its business.'
