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.

“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.”

  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
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    1 day ago

    “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.

    Hmm, terminated without cause? isn’t this grounds for a lawsuit?

    • mantra@lemmy.zip
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      1 day ago

      Not in the good old US of A. At-will employment is the norm, so unless it is very clear that she was fired for her race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability, not much she can do.

    • floo@retrolemmy.comEnglish
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      1 day ago

      It is in New York, under normal employment conditions. However, she was probably under some sort of contract that allowed the company to do this.