A Month Later, MSNBC Still Mum On Joy Reid’s ‘Hacking’ Claims

[Cow Poke]

A Month Later, MSNBC Still Mum On Joy Reid’s ‘Hacking’ Claims

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MSNBC has remained silent on Joy Reid’s discredited claims that hackers posted anti-gay remarks on her old blog.

The liberal host of MSNBC’s “AM Joy” claimed in April to have evidence that anonymous hackers fabricated anti-gay posts on her old blog, The Reid Report. After media investigations cast serious doubt on Reid’s claims, the host admitted that she didn’t have any such evidence after all.

A series of posts on the now-defunct blog from between 2005 and 2007 show Reid identifying political figures she thought were secretly gay, launching anti-gay attacks on her political opponents and describing herself as “probably” homophobic.

Reid claimed on April 23 that hackers had targeted her with a sophisticated smear campaign, citing “a cyber-security expert who first identified the unauthorized activity.” (RELATED: Joy Reid’s Hacking Story Filled With Holes)

“Now that the site has been compromised I can state unequivocally that it does not represent the original entries,” Reid said. “I hope that whoever corrupted the site recognizes the pain they have caused, not just to me, but to my family and communities that I care deeply about: LGBTQ, immigrants, people of color and other marginalized groups.”

[Cow Poke]

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NBC News remained silent on Wednesday about MSNBC host Joy Reid amid new revelations that she once wrote blog posts raising questions about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that echo "truther" conspiracy theories.

Reid - a liberal commentator who has been under fire for homophobic comments that have been found on her now-defunct blog - promoted a 9/11 film co-produced by Alex Jones, the far-right media figure who has touted numerous conspiracy theories on his InfoWars website and radio program.

Reid has previously claimed her blog was hacked and that she was unaware that the anti-gay comments had been inserted under her name long after she had stopped writing it. MSNBC has stood by her pending an FBI investigation. The bizarre allegations have raised questions about Reid's honesty and integrity.

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[Mountain Man]

Yet Rosanne Barr is fired after a single Tweet, probably because she is an outspoken Trump supporter.

Doncha just love double-standards?

[One Bad Pig]

Yet Rosanne Barr is fired after a single Tweet, probably because she is an outspoken Trump supporter.

Doncha just love double-standards?

The only commonality is that both blamed the content on something else. The Reid stuff is not something done recently.

Of course, you can be sure that an old right-wing comment would be used to relentlessly hound the commenter.

[Cow Poke]

Joy Reid is presented as a serious no-nonsense TV host.
Rosanne has always been an outlandish "you know what you're getting" entertainer.

[rogue06]

Source: SFFate

NBC News remained silent on Wednesday about MSNBC host Joy Reid amid new revelations that she once wrote blog posts raising questions about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that echo "truther" conspiracy theories.

Reid - a liberal commentator who has been under fire for homophobic comments that have been found on her now-defunct blog - promoted a 9/11 film co-produced by Alex Jones, the far-right media figure who has touted numerous conspiracy theories on his InfoWars website and radio program.

Reid has previously claimed her blog was hacked and that she was unaware that the anti-gay comments had been inserted under her name long after she had stopped writing it. MSNBC has stood by her pending an FBI investigation. The bizarre allegations have raised questions about Reid's honesty and integrity.

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Ad into the mix that she posted a doctored photo depicting John McCain as the Virginia Tech shooter called "Baghdad John strikes again".

In and by itself, not really a big deal but worth adding into the mix.

[Cow Poke]

Ad into the mix that she posted a doctored photo depicting John McCain as the Virginia Tech shooter called "Baghdad John strikes again".

In and by itself, not really a big deal but worth adding into the mix.

The left is becoming the epitome of the most extreme examples of what the right has long accused it of being.

[rogue06]

A Month Later, MSNBC Still Mum On Joy Reid’s ‘Hacking’ Claims

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MSNBC has remained silent on Joy Reid’s discredited claims that hackers posted anti-gay remarks on her old blog.

The liberal host of MSNBC’s “AM Joy” claimed in April to have evidence that anonymous hackers fabricated anti-gay posts on her old blog, The Reid Report. After media investigations cast serious doubt on Reid’s claims, the host admitted that she didn’t have any such evidence after all.

A series of posts on the now-defunct blog from between 2005 and 2007 show Reid identifying political figures she thought were secretly gay, launching anti-gay attacks on her political opponents and describing herself as “probably” homophobic.

Reid claimed on April 23 that hackers had targeted her with a sophisticated smear campaign, citing “a cyber-security expert who first identified the unauthorized activity.” (RELATED: Joy Reid’s Hacking Story Filled With Holes)

“Now that the site has been compromised I can state unequivocally that it does not represent the original entries,” Reid said. “I hope that whoever corrupted the site recognizes the pain they have caused, not just to me, but to my family and communities that I care deeply about: LGBTQ, immigrants, people of color and other marginalized groups.”

Her claims of her blog being hacked falls apart when you consider that the "Wayback Machine" has screen captures of her comments going back to around the time she posted them.

And yet MSNBC is still "investigating" (read: trying to ride it out and hoping it soon blows over)

[Zymologist]

Her blog was hacked, eh?

Have we considered the Russians?

[Cow Poke]

Her blog was hacked, eh?

Have we considered the Russians?

Da!

[Zymologist]

Da!

I wouldn't want us Russian to judgment...but it's only right that we be Putin the blame where it belongs.

[Cow Poke]

I wouldn't want us Russian to judgment...but it's only right that we be Putin the blame where it belongs.

Speaking of the Ruskies, where's Demi? Maybe he got recalled?

[KingsGambit]

It's possible, I mean. Somebody once hacked my Facebook account and posted a vulgar anti gay message... and I'm a nobody.

Since the "I was hacked" excuse is used a lot, I knew some people wouldn't believe me, but in this case it was true.

[Starlight]

A Month Later, MSNBC Still Mum On Joy Reid’s ‘Hacking’ Claims

The story about this I heard when it came out a month ago or so, was basically that MSNBC didn't buy Reid's crazy "I've been hacked" nonsense, but that they'd decided to not remove her over the historic anti-gay comments.

I don't like Joy Reid, due to her historic anti-gay stance, due to her being viciously anti-Bernie and anti-Bernie supporters, and her tendency to make everything about identity politics. I wish she would just go away.

[Mountain Man]

It's possible, I mean. Somebody once hacked my Facebook account and posted a vulgar anti gay message... and I'm a nobody.

Since the "I was hacked" excuse is used a lot, I knew some people wouldn't believe me, but in this case it was true.

Of course when most people say, "My Facebook account was hacked," what they really is mean, "I forgot to logout of Facebook on a publicly accessible computer, and somebody else took advantage of my negligence."

But I don't think that excuse applies to Joy Reid. She claims somebody "hacked" her old blog recently and added content that wasn't previously there. It's a pretty outlandish claim.