Former MSNBC Keith Olbermann said on his podcast that MSNBC's decision to let Joy Reid leave, in addition to canceling the shows of Ayman Mohyeldin, Katie Phang, Jonathan Capehart and Alex Wagner, "reeks of 'we don't care if you think we are racists.

Keith Olbermann accused his former network MSNBC of a "racist purge" following the cancellation of Joy Reid's primetime show. The post Keith Olbermann Accuses MSNBC of ‘Racist Purge’ After Joy Reid’s Show Canceled: ‘Makes You Think It Was Done By Musk’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann blasted the network for axing multiple non-white anchors, referring to the cuts as a “racist purge.” A day after news broke that Joy Reid’s show was being canceled, the network announced a complete schedule restructure,

MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes on Tuesday weighed in on the “devastating blow” of the cancelation of Joy Reid’s primetime show on the network while addressing the loss of some of his colleagues behind the scenes.

As MSNBC host Joy Ann Reid issued her final send-off on the ReidOut, her now former colleagues blasted the network for her "indefensible" firing. Reid hosted the show for five years. Prior to that, Reid was a weekend host of AM Joy from 2016 to 2020.

Maddow also pointed out Katie Phang's upcoming departure from her weekend slot in a rare rebuke of her own network's "indefensible" actions, she said.