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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:25 PM Apr 2018

Daily Beast Suspends Joy Reid Column Over 'Serious' Accusations About Past Homophobic Blog Posts

Daily Beast Suspends Joy Reid Column Over 'Serious' Accusations About Past Homophobic Blog Posts
“We’re going to hit pause on Reid’s columns,” says Daily Beast’s Noah Shachtman in a company-wide email
Jon Levine | April 26, 2018 @ 6:55 AM Last Updated: April 26, 2018 @ 7:00 AM

The Daily Beast will suspend future columns from Joy Reid due to the fallout over comments she made on an old blog a decade ago, the website’s executive editor Noah Shachtman told staff in an internal memo on Wednesday.

“We’re going to hit pause on Reid’s columns,” said Shachtman in an email reviewed by TheWrap. “As you’re well aware, support for LGBTQ rights and respect for human dignity are core to Daily Beast. So we’re taking seriously the new allegations that one of our columnists, Joy Reid, previously wrote homophobic blog posts during her stint as a radio host.”

Though she apologized for content on her old blog “The Reid Report” back in December, the MSNBC host has denied the latest revelations reported by Mediaite, saying that her the long defunct website was hacked. Shachtman told Beast employees that the company was investigating and would produce their own story on the issue.

Things continued to spiral for Reid — and MSNBC — over the story, which has now moved beyond the revelations reported by Mediaite to whether Reid was being honest about claims of hacking. On Wednesday evening, Reid’s lawyer John H. Reichman told TheWrap that the FBI has opened an investigation into the issue.

https://www.thewrap.com/daily-beast-suspends-joy-reid-column-were-going-to-hit-pause/

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Daily Beast Suspends Joy Reid Column Over 'Serious' Accusations About Past Homophobic Blog Posts (Original Post) workinclasszero Apr 2018 OP

and so it begins underthematrix Apr 2018 #1

This thread is the first time I have riversedge Apr 2018 #3

The lynch mob is assembling workinclasszero Apr 2018 #4

now the FBI is involved. I thought they did not comment on riversedge Apr 2018 #2

they would tell them that dsc Apr 2018 #22

Of course they have. leftofcool Apr 2018 #5

How about a pause for the beast? tazkcmo Apr 2018 #6

No shit workinclasszero Apr 2018 #8

I'll hit a 'pause' on reading and relaying Daily Beast articles bigtree Apr 2018 #7

Well, the Daily Beast is officially 'suspended' from my household. revmclaren Apr 2018 #9

Great! workinclasszero Apr 2018 #12

Are they going to apply the same standard to all their columnists? SunSeeker Apr 2018 #10

Somehow I bet that author workinclasszero Apr 2018 #21

Never willing to WAIT MFM008 Apr 2018 #11

We have seen this damn movie before huh? workinclasszero Apr 2018 #13

Here we go. EffieBlack Apr 2018 #14

Playing out just like the Al Franken takedown workinclasszero Apr 2018 #16

Let's hope MSNBC had a stiffer spine and more integrity than we saw in the Franken matter EffieBlack Apr 2018 #18

We will see soon workinclasszero Apr 2018 #20

They can't get away with it! Joy is a powerful voice, and we need her lunamagica Apr 2018 #15

The Daily Beast has already suspended her workinclasszero Apr 2018 #17

. TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #19

Another progressive voice silenced. The deep state at work. Fla Dem Apr 2018 #23

underthematrix

(5,811 posts)

1. and so it begins

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:30 PM

Apr 2018

riversedge

(70,253 posts)

3. This thread is the first time I have

Reply to underthematrix (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:31 PM

Apr 2018

commented on this issue. so painful to see what is happening.

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

4. The lynch mob is assembling

Reply to underthematrix (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:33 PM

Apr 2018

The GOP has Joy Reid in it's damn sights!

riversedge

(70,253 posts)

2. now the FBI is involved. I thought they did not comment on

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:30 PM

Apr 2018

investigations. Just saying.

......Things continued to spiral for Reid — and MSNBC — over the story, which has now moved beyond the revelations reported by Mediaite to whether Reid was being honest about claims of hacking. On Wednesday evening, Reid’s lawyer John H. Reichman told TheWrap that the FBI has opened an investigation into the issue.

“We have received confirmation the FBI has opened an investigation into potential criminal activities surrounding several online accounts, including personal email and blog accounts, belonging to Joy-Ann Reid,” he said. “Our own investigation and monitoring of the situation will continue in parallel, and we are cooperating with law enforcement as their investigation proceeds.”

Reid’s claims of hacking have been met with skepticism by reporters across the political spectrum and from the Internet Archive, whose Wayback Machine is the source of the incriminating material on Reid. In his own statement, Chris Butler, the director of open libraries at the Internet Archive, said they found no evidence to substantiate Reid’s claims.

dsc

(52,164 posts)

22. they would tell them that

Reply to riversedge (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 01:13 PM

Apr 2018

They won't be commenting to us about it.

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)

5. Of course they have.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:35 PM

Apr 2018

tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)

6. How about a pause for the beast?

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:41 PM

Apr 2018

Seems like they need a time out.

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

8. No shit

Reply to tazkcmo (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:44 PM

Apr 2018

We have a fucking republican dictatorship destroying this country 24/7 and they are investigating Joy Reid?

Who the fuck is paying for that Daily Beast??????????????

bigtree

(85,999 posts)

7. I'll hit a 'pause' on reading and relaying Daily Beast articles

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:44 PM

Apr 2018

revmclaren

(2,525 posts)

9. Well, the Daily Beast is officially 'suspended' from my household.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:49 PM

Apr 2018

Going to pass the word to my friends and family to do the same.

only! 2018 - 2020

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

12. Great!

Reply to revmclaren (Reply #9)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:55 PM

Apr 2018

If they want to be Breitbart Lite and help elect !@#$%republicans, they can go to HELL!

SunSeeker

(51,576 posts)

10. Are they going to apply the same standard to all their columnists?

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:53 PM

Apr 2018

What's with their "fire first, confirn allegations later" standard?

And even when confirmed, will their new lifelong purity test be applied to every contributor? So if someone, for example, wrote a sexist article on rape in the 1970s, would they be blocked from writing in the Daily Beast?

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

21. Somehow I bet that author

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #10)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 01:13 PM

Apr 2018

would get a pass from The Daily Caller...er...Beast.

MFM008

(19,818 posts)

11. Never willing to WAIT

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:54 PM

Apr 2018

For an investigation to finish
before cutting someone out.

AL FRANKEN.

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

13. We have seen this damn movie before huh?

Reply to MFM008 (Reply #11)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:58 PM

Apr 2018

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)

14. Here we go.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:59 PM

Apr 2018

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

16. Playing out just like the Al Franken takedown

Reply to EffieBlack (Reply #14)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 01:04 PM

Apr 2018

Why do we fall for this fu**ing GOP HS every damn time!!!!!!!!!!

I guess being a damn fool and a SUCKER is not limited to idiot deplorables alone!

I'd like to think democrats are smarter than that.

I'd like to but....Al Franken and Joy Reid!