Talk about incompetence!
You’re going to absolutely love this story, you can’t make this stuff up….
We all know MSNBC has been “downsizing” recently, with Joy Reid cancelled first, followed by three more prominent shows shortly thereafter:
But it turns out the news was “leaked” in the most incompetent way possible….
What is now being dubbed a “kill list” or “fire list” was found by a staffer on a shared printer at the MSNBC offices, and it reportedly contained detailed lists of all the shows and all the staff that were soon to be fired, including times and schedules for when each would be told.
Brutal.
The NY Post had the scoop, along with photos of the list:
Here’s more from the NY Post on this hilarious and awful story:
Bungling MSNBC bigwigs accidentally printed out details about the left-leaning network’s impending jobs bloodbath — and the top-secret document was found by a stunned staffer who leaked the details to co-workers, The Post has learned.
The production assistant stumbled across the “kill list” at MSNBC’s 30 Rock headquarters in midtown Manhattan shortly before the cuts were announced on Monday, Feb 24, sources close to the situation said.
The document that detailed the leaked layoff plan, which was accidentally printed ahead of the cuts.
The printed pages, which were viewed by The Post, laid out meetings to be held with workers and “talent” about their fate in ominously-dubbed “impact conversations,” the insiders said.
“On the Monday, management accidentally printed the list of people and teams getting fired or being made to reapply for their roles.” said one source close to the situation.
“Entire teams in primetime learned that they were getting fired from a printout that a PA found sitting on a printer.”
The screwup is the latest episode in MSNBC’s botched layoffs plans after Trump-bashing anchor Joy Reid and her staff learned they were about to be fired from a New York Times report on Sunday, Feb. 23.
The intended confidential memo reveals a callous play-by-play beginning Feb. 19 and leading up to the Feb. 24 massacre in which about 100 people were canned.
It includes a legal review with human resources, a talking-points script on the cuts and a scheduled pow-wow between NBCUniversal chair Mark Lazarus and NBC News Group chairman Cesar Conde.
MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler was also slated to discuss show cancellations, time changes and new job placements, according to the document.
MSNBC declined to comment.
On Feb. 24, the ratings-challenged network ended up firing staffers on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” and canceling programs hosted by Alex Wagner, Katie Phang, Jonathan Capehart, Ayman Mohyeldin and José Díaz-Balart.
The document revealed a packed day of back-to-back meetings with the above talent, in addition to others including on-air talking heads Alex Witt, Ana Cabrera, Jen Psaki and Richard Lui — who was referred to as “Tier 3 talent” despite having received Peabody and Emmy Awards during his time at CNN.
Believe it when arrows face is gone. She’s evil