Since it’s my last day at MSNBC, here are my thoughts on the @JoyAnnReid controversy. Keep in mind, I don’t know anything that hasn’t already been published. No secret info here. Just my personal thoughts as an out lesbian journalist.
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I believe it is entirely possible - nay, practically unavoidable - that hackers went to the states lengths to smear Joy and make it look like she wrote some overtly homophobic posts years ago. I believe Joy is probably telling the truth.
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As a fan of her work and a former MSNBC employee, I’ve watched Joy Reid be targeted over and over by tireless Wikileaks and alt-right types. She seems to be their public enemy number one. And those people seized on the “Miss Charlie” posts, kept bringing them up in weird ways.
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Every time I retweeted Joy or posted one of her videos these trolls would start with me, saying “isn’t she homophobic” and stuff because they knew I was gay. Trolls who hate Joy were more focused on it than actual LGBT people I know were.
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We’re living in a time when Russian operatives spend millions to swing our elections on social media, Wikileaks conspires to hack the DNC, gun fans doctor videos to smear kids who survived a school shooting. You really think it’s far-fetched to hack archives of Joy Reid’s blog?
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I think Joy Reid is wicked smart, politically progressive, and culturally aware. She’s also one of the most despised enemies of Wikileaks and the alt-right. So yes, personally I believe she’s been hacked - probably more than once. I’m hoping we all find out more soon.
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Maybe. Maybe not. But http://Archive.org says that it's been unable to find any evidence of hacking and Reid's story as told by her and her lawyers just isn't all that plausible. https://www.thedailybeast.com/claims-by-joy-reids-cybersecurity-expert-fall-apart …
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