Ex-MSNBC Host Keith Olbermann Accuses Network of ‘Racist Purge’ After Firing Joy Reid

It increasingly appears that MSNBC is in hot water with their progressive audience.

The former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann is the latest to weigh in on the network’s decision to fire fellow wacko Joy Reid as executives to stymie their cratering viewership.

Also axed by the network were Alex Wagner, who also qualifies as a “woman of color” because her mother is Burmese and lawyer Katie Phang, who is an Asian American.

Meanwhile, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki will see her show bumped up and her role expanded within the network.

“It is such a confused, brutal, racist purge at MSNBC it’s like they’re being run by Elon Musk,” Olbermann wrote on the X platform.

It is such a confused, brutal, racist purge at MSNBC it’s like they’re being run by Elon Musk

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) February 24, 2025

Olbermann is far from the only leftist raging over the firings.

Rachel Maddow, who is widely considered the network’s star anchor, launched in a tirade against her bosses live on air for axing two “non-white” hosts.

“In all of the jobs I have had in all of the years I have been alive there is no colleague for whom I have had more affection and more respect than Joy Reid,” Maddow said on Monday’s show.

“I love everything about her,” she continued. “I have so much more to learn from her 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.”

WHOA! Rachel Maddow Goes on Unhinged Rant, Attacks Her Own Network, Suggests MSNBC is Racist for Ousting Two ‘Non-White’ Hosts After Joy Reid’s Show Canceled (VIDEO)

Reid, meanwhile, issued a teary response to her firing in which she defended her work and insisted she brought “value” to the network’s coverage.

“My show had value…And that,” Reid said before starting to cry. “I’m sorry… What I was doing had value.”

Joy Reid breaks down in tears as she laments the cancellation of her MSNBC show.

“My show had value,” she insists. “I’m just proud of my show.” pic.twitter.com/gjJ9YUCTuU

— Ben Kew (@ben_kew) February 24, 2025

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