Tone-deaf MSNBC slammed for bringing on Joy Reid to discuss Roseanne Barr's social media slur

Posted on AllSides May 29, 2018

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MSNBC provided viewers with one of the most tone-deaf moments in cable news history on Tuesday when Andrea Mitchell asked Joy Reid about a racist tweet that Roseanne Barr sent about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett.

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