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Dear CNN Inviting Misinformation Is A Complicit Move
This isn’t a hate campaign against CNN, although I have written my fair share of “hit pieces” aimed at revealing the dismal state of affairs when it comes to the media industry and the deplorable recklessness of so-called truth tellers, who have traitorously discarded the oath of journalistic integrity.
I’ve targeted the hypocrisy of the revered cable news network when it comes to addressing the lack of diversity in the line up of prominent white anchors who host morning shows and primetime slots during the week.
MSNBC has managed to award staple talent Joy Reid with the enviable space that was left vacant by former longtime anchor Chris Matthews, who abruptly resigned this past spring, due to a bubbling controversy.
The ReidOut is the best of Reid who was hosting her morning vehicle AM Joy, and while it’s undoubtedly long overdue to have a Black woman joining the ranks of Rachel Maddow in the nighttime roster of political commentators, that should be representative of the demographics of viewers, it’s still a buzzkill that Joy Reid was the replacement of an ousted white male staffer.
But CNN isn’t budging when it comes to giving qualified Black women high visibility roles in the anchor chair, outside of the notable faces of women of color who handle the weekend shift and field…