The strange controversy surrounding MSNBC anchor Joy Reid took another turn Wednesday evening after her attorney said the Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into whether online accounts belonging to her had been hacked, resulting in the surfacing of controversial remarks being ascribed to Reid that she says are fake.
“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,” said her lawyer, John H. Reichman, in a statement provided by MSNBC. “Our own investigation and monitoring of the situation will continue in parallel, and we are cooperating with law enforcement as their investigation proceeds.”
The weekend MSNBC anchor has been under scrutiny since the disclosure earlier this week of what are purported to be old blog posts taking offense at the idea of gay marriage and homosexuality. Reid has...
“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,” said her lawyer, John H. Reichman, in a statement provided by MSNBC. “Our own investigation and monitoring of the situation will continue in parallel, and we are cooperating with law enforcement as their investigation proceeds.”
The weekend MSNBC anchor has been under scrutiny since the disclosure earlier this week of what are purported to be old blog posts taking offense at the idea of gay marriage and homosexuality. Reid has...
- 4/26/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Joy Reid, whose MSNBC presence has expanded in recent years amid a well-received weekend program on the network, is pressing back against new allegations she penned a cache of newly-discovered blog posts that carry homophobic remarks.
The blog posts, discovered by a Twitter user with the handle @Jamie_Maz, show Reid taking offense at the idea of gay marriage, but the MSNBC host says in a statement that they are fabricated. “The manipulated material seems to be part of an effort to taint my character with false information by distorting a blog that ended a decade ago,” she says. Reid at one time authored a blog called “The Reid Report,” a politically-oriented outlet, at about the same time she also contributed to the Miami Herald and worked for The Grio, an online-news outlet aimed at an African-American audience.
The allegations against her surface at a fraught time for many partisan TV hosts.
The blog posts, discovered by a Twitter user with the handle @Jamie_Maz, show Reid taking offense at the idea of gay marriage, but the MSNBC host says in a statement that they are fabricated. “The manipulated material seems to be part of an effort to taint my character with false information by distorting a blog that ended a decade ago,” she says. Reid at one time authored a blog called “The Reid Report,” a politically-oriented outlet, at about the same time she also contributed to the Miami Herald and worked for The Grio, an online-news outlet aimed at an African-American audience.
The allegations against her surface at a fraught time for many partisan TV hosts.
- 4/25/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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- 1/13/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
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