Rachel Maddow & Others Rally Around Joy Reid Following Quasi-Apology: 'Never Been Prouder...

[DonViejo]

Rachel Maddow and Others Rally Around Joy Reid Following Quasi-Apology: ‘Never Been Prouder to Work With Her’

by Ken Meyer | 1:58 pm, April 28th, 2018

Several of Joy Reid‘s colleagues are standing by her side after she apologized (ish) on her show AM Joy for newly unearthed homophobic posts from her old blog.

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After Reid gave her monologue she conversed with a panel of LGBT activists, and a number fellow MSNBCers took to Twitter to voice their support for her, including Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell. -snip-

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https://www.mediaite.com/online/msnbc-anchors-rally-around-joy-reid-following-quasi-apology-ive-never-been-prouder-to-work-with-her/

[hlthe2b]

1. Glad to see the support... btw mediaite is Dan Abram's site, so apparently his snarky"quasi" apology

comment reflects how he views Joy and likely his once employer, MSNBC, I guess. He has a legal blog too and his snide comments re: Anvenatti (Stormy's attorney) pretty much scream GREEN EYED MONSTER syndrome.

[bettyellen]

4. Dan is such a jerk.

[DonViejo]

5. You're wrong; the snarkiness originates with the author of the article. I know Dan Abrams, how he

feels about Joy Reid is not at all reflected in this article by Ken Meyer. It's pretty obvious, by perusing other articles by Meyer, that he's not at all happy with the way this is turning out for Joy Reid.

[hlthe2b]

6. I hope you are right, but his snide comments on the Avenatti MSNBC appearances and legal efforts

hold. I credit Dan if he isn't a Joy Reid antagonist, but it is his website. So, what the author is posting reflects on him too.

[DonViejo]

7. So pro-Trump Op-eds in the WaPo reflect on Jeff Bezos, the owner, as well?

[hlthe2b]

9. If that were the pattern of nearly all op-eds, yeah

Though I think there is a big difference when commenting on the content of a small website, versus a very large and very old widely distributed national newspaper.

Hey it was your comment re: the particular author that led me to believe he's been writing extensively in an anti-Joy "vein". Not true?

[DonViejo]

10. Here's the "above-the-fold" top story on Mediate:

Joy Reid Addresses Controversy Over Unearthed Blog Posts: ‘I Genuinely Do Not Believe I Wrote Those Hateful Things’

by Joe DePaolo | 10:34 am, April 28th, 2018

At the top of her show Saturday, MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid addressed the controversy surrounding the newly-unearthed homophobic posts on her old blog, which appeared under her byline.

As she has all week, the MSNBC host denied authorship of the newly-discovered posts — but did offer an apology for past homophobic and anti-trans blog posts and Tweets she previously admitted to writing.

“I genuinely do not believe I wrote those hateful things because they are completely alien to me,” Reid said. “But I can definitely understand, based on things I have tweeted and I have written in the past, why some people don’t believe me. I have not exempt from being cruel or hurtful to the very people I want to advocate for. I own that. I get it. And for that I am truly, truly sorry.”

Reid added:

I can only say that the person I am now is not the person I was then. I like to think I’ve gotten better as a person over time — that I’m still growing. That I’m not the same person I was 10, or five, or even one year ago. And I know that my goal is to try to be a better person, and a better ally [to the LGBTQ community].

Now, the reality is I have to own the things that I have written and tweeted and said. And I’m hoping out of all of this there’s an opportunity to talk about the ways in which hurtful speak does imperil marginalized communities.

Watch above, via MSNBC.

https://www.mediaite.com/online/joy-reid-addresses-controversy-over-unearthed-blog-posts-i-genuinely-do-not-believe-i-wrote-those-hateful-things/

[hlthe2b]

12. Well, then give DePaulo and Abrams an "attaboy" for me... and

Ken Meyer a "metaphorical" KICK IN THE TAIL.

[Honeycombe8]

20. What do you mean about Meyer? He wants Joy to be okay in the end, or he resents

the efforts to oust her?

[DonViejo]

23. IMO, he's not a friend of hers. He's got another article over at Mediate...

not favorably written, again IMO, toward Malcolm Nance

MSNBC Contributor Suggests ‘Wikileaks & AltRight’ Responsible For Joy Reid’s Anti-Gay Blog Posts
https://www.mediaite.com/online/msnbc-contributor-suggests-wikileaks-altright-responsible-for-joy-reids-anti-gay-blog-posts/

[Honeycombe8]

24. Oh, I see. I'll watch out for that. The slant of writing matters. nt

[Cha]

39. Oh yeah... I wondered who wrote that "quasi" BULLSHIT.

ETA.. I see it's "ken meyer" who wrote it.

These people wouldn't be behind Joy if her apology was "quasi"

[Tavarious Jackson]

2. Beautiful!!

RW nut jobs will not take Joy Reid down.

[HipChick]

8. Wonderful!

[BannonsLiver]

11. I though she was hacked?

So why does she need to apologize? My this story has a lot of twists and turns.

[FakeNoose]

13. On her show today Joy says it appears she wasn't hacked

Maybe that's her way of shutting down the whole thing. She did take responsibility for the statements, and that's what is important. Time to let it go.

[BannonsLiver]

16. Thank you

I missed the show today. I’m glad she’s survived this.

[mythology]

22. Agreed. What she said years ago, isn't the same as today

The first posts blew over because she apologized and the world moved on. Hopefully the same happens now.

[Honeycombe8]

28. What I heard was that they haven't been able to prove it, which is a bit different. nt

[leftofcool]

14. It is still under investigation

As well, she never denied all of those things written but there were several she was sure she did not write. Are you fucking happy now?

[BannonsLiver]

17. I'm always happy

Just the way I’m wired I guess. Try not to be so triggered.

[SunSeeker]

18. That is some pretty nasty snark for a "happy" person. nt

[BannonsLiver]

32. Just returning the favor

Asked a question, got “Are you fucking happy now?” in response.

You have a wonderful evening.

[SunSeeker]

35. So you were, to use your word, "triggered." Got it.

Have a happy evening.

[ejbr]

36. Keep smiling

[rzemanfl]

25. bookmarking n/t

[BannonsLiver]

33. Thanks for the update.

[oberliner]

21. That's not true

She has not said that "she was sure she did not write" any of those posts.

[CentralMass]

15. Was that an apology?

[peabody]

41. Yes, and a good one too.

Some people just aren’t satisfied no matter how contrite Joy seem to be.

[DURHAM D]

19. Add another colleague -

Link to tweet

[Cha]

43. Thank you, Durham.. and Eric Holder's encouraging

tweet..

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[progressoid]

26. Does that mean she's not claiming she was hacked then?

[lancelyons]

27. The one issue i have about Reids statement.

"I genuinely do not believe I wrote those..."

if you didnt write them, then it would not be this... "I did not write these...".

I personally dont believe she said those things but her response is timid.

[Eliot Rosewater]

29. People who are nowhere to be seen when the LGBT community needs them

now demanding she apologize?

[brer cat]

42. +1000

Some aren't "accepting" her apology either, like it's their place to accept it or not. It is sad that many on both sides of the Joy issue have let the LGBTQ community down. Whether Joy wrote those posts or not, they were painful, and that should not be casually dismissed.

[LiberalLovinLug]

30. It's a shame Al Frankens apology wasn't enough

I support Joy in this as well but we didn't see a large response commending his apology and the acceptance that he had learned from some past incident in that case.

[Trust Buster]

31. The truth is, had she done this in the beginning instead of using the lame "hacked account" excuse,

Then this would have never become the story it has and many DU members would have spared fellow DU members of the ridicule they received for pointing out the obvious - her “hacked account” excuse didn’t hold water.

[DoctorJoJo]

34. Look, I Like Joy and Watch Her Weekly, But ...

.. she made a huge error in denial and trying to obfuscate with the lame "hacked" excuse. She should have owned up immediately, apologized, and explained how she, like many of us, has evolved on these issues over time. Even Obama started his presidency opposed to gay marriage, but he was quick to recognize his error, rather than deny, and became a champion on these issues.

[babylonsister]

38. And she apologized and explained. I'm moving on-join me! nt

[OnDoutside]

37. Quasi-Apology ? Bitterness much ?

[Cha]

40. REC for the tweets supporting Joy.. not the "quasi"

stupidity.

Link to tweet

Thanks for the tweets, Don