How Joy Reid of MSNBC Became a Heroine of the Resistance

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How Joy Reid of MSNBC Became a Heroine of the Resistance
The daughter of immigrants, she spars fiercely with supporters of President Trump, both on the air and in the Twitter ether.

By Laura M. Holson
Feb. 10, 2018

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In the Trump era, Ms. Reid, the daughter of immigrants, has emerged as a heroine of the resistance to his leadership. And her forceful questioning style, matching that on conservative outlets like Fox, has resonated with MSNBC’s viewers. She is popular on social media with fans who fondly call themselves #reiders. Her morning show on Saturday averages nearly 1 million weekly viewers and, for the last four months, she has bested MSNBC’s competitor CNN, according to Nielsen, which tracks television ratings (granted, her competition then is general newsroom updates rather than another headline personality).

“Our prime directive is to constantly remind people that this is not normal and not to allow it to become mundane,” Ms. Reid said in a recent interview at MSNBC’s studios in Midtown Manhattan, referring to the architecture of the Trump presidency. Each week she makes sure to discuss the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. “We feel like one of our duties is to keep that story top of mind because it’s fundamentally about whether we truly choose our own leaders,” she said.

Ms. Reid was born in Brooklyn and raised in Denver alongside two siblings mostly by their mother, a college professor and nutritionist from British Guiana; their father left the family when she was a child for his native Democratic Republic of Congo. “He was a phone father,” Ms. Reid said. At 17, she was accepted to Harvard University, where she planned to study medicine.

But her mother died of breast cancer three weeks before school started. “I failed a bunch of classes,” Ms. Reid said. “I was just depressed.” She took a year off, returned to Brooklyn — staying with an aunt and working a temp job at Columbia Pictures — and then switched her major to documentary filmmaking.

“I was thinking Hollywood movies,” she said. “Come to find out Harvard doesn’t do that. So I had to study documentary.”

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[BigmanPigman]

1. I love her, Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle.

I wish they were on at a better time for the West Coast. They all do their homework, hold their guests accountable, and don't take any BS. Chris Matthews isn't nearly as good and Chuck Todd sucks.

[malaise]

2. I love Joy

Rec

[eleny]

3. The article is a must-read

There are some things covered about JR that I didn't know. I never dismiss her weekend broadcasts so I record them if I can't watch them live.

Imo, she's a real treasure. The kind of person whose enthusiasm for matters is so genuine that you want to know more about the topics she covers.

[Ligyron]

6. You said it: She's a treasure.

She should take over the Toad's time slot at the very least. There again, nobody at MSNBC would ever get time off. She's their go-to stand in.

[struggle4progress]

4. She's smart and she gets her facts right

[dhol82]

5. For whatever reason, I was bothered by the fact that the NYTimes did not indicate that

she had received her BA from Harvard.
Just annoying.

[happy feet]

8. I agree!!!

She is wickedly smart and quick!

[spicysista]

7. Joy is the truth!

She's exceptionally well read and employs all of that knowledge while defending the principles of our party. I absolutely love watching her!

[Hamlette]

9. I will FOREVER be grateful to her for correcting Republicans when they say "Democrat Party"

instead of Democratic.

Democrat Party grates on my nerves like nothing else. It is so petty. They do it to piss us off. This is our society, we are all in this together, why go out of your way to piss me off?

[SunSeeker]

10. She doesn't let her guests lie. She corrects them ON THE SPOT.

And she doesn't let any of them call the Democratic Party the "DemocRAT Party." Last time one of her guests did that she stopped them in mid-sentence and said, "I know you're new to our show, but around here we call the Democratic Party by it actual name, the Democratic Party, not the Democrat Party." He continued on, looking sheepish, but used the correct name after that.


LOVE HER!!

[winstars]

11. Joy is the best!!!

[bdamomma]

12. She is

great, I love her passion..and her ability to report the truth and facts.

[ehrnst]

13. Kick and Reced!

[Gothmog]

14. Grrat article about Joy Reid

[Doremus]

15. Another Joy also does a fantastic job of exposing the lies on network TV -- Joy Behar.

We need more Joy in our lives.