MSNBC’s Ratings Have Gotten So Bad That Joy Reid and Others Are Facing Pay Cuts
Since the election in November, ratings have crashed at MSNBC and CNN. Many of their regular viewers felt duped by their insistence that there was no way Trump could win and just walked away.
At MSNBC, things are so bad that Joy Reid and Stephanie Ruhle are facing pay cuts if they want to keep their jobs.
The New York Post reported:
MSNBC reportedly offers Joy Reid, Stephanie Ruhle pay cuts to stay in anchor chairsMSNBC’s Joy Reid and Stephanie Ruhle will reportedly need to take a pay cut if they want to remain in their anchor chairs as the struggling cable network continues to cut costs.The left-leaning news channel — which recently gave star anchor Rachel Maddow a $5 million-a-year haircut from her annual $30 million haul — has been negotiating with Reid and Ruhle on new deals at reduced salaries, according to the Ankler newsletter.The controversial Reid is believed to be earning $3 million a year to host her nightly 8 p.m. show, “The ReidOut,” according to the Washington Free Beacon.Reid, who has been with the network since 2011 and in primetime since 2020, recently raised hackles again with a pre-Thanksgiving rant in which she accused Republicans of worshiping Donald Trump “instead of Jesus.”Ruhle, host of “The 11th Hour” at 11 p.m. weeknights, is thought to make $2 million a year, the Free Beacon reported.
MSNBC is just a far left echo chamber. There isn’t a single pro-Trump voice on the entire network and their employees lost their minds when NBC News tried to hire former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as a contributor last March. At least CNN has Scott Jennings.
Changes could be on the horizon, though.
The Daily Mail reports:
MSNBC told by top exec to add more Republican voices as pay cuts for liberal hosts are revealedThe new boss of the media firm that oversees MSNBC wants more Republican voices on the network – and to move more opinion content out of primetime along with cuts to some high-profile presenters’ pay.SpinCo CEO Mark Lazarus expressed his desire for the new direction multiple times over the past month, seeking to shed the perception of liberal bias at MSNBC.To accomplish this, insiders said he is mulling running opinion programming during the day, The Ankler reported.The changes may come with pay cuts for longtime opinion hosts like Joy Reid and Stephanie Ruhle, who are discussions about their future at the network.This comes weeks after the CEO is said to have slashed Rachel Maddow’s pay by some $5 million, after she agreed to stay with the network for another five years.
It’s amazing that Joy Reid has been making $3 million a year. There are amateurs on YouTube who get more viewers than she does.
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