‘Bad Mistake’: Rachel Maddow Uses MSNBC’s Airwaves To Bash Network For Canceling Joy Reid’s Show
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow tore into the left-leaning corporate network Monday during her show over the firing of host Joy Reid and the demotion of Alex Wagner. The network announced that shows with Reid and Wagner would…
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About Alex Wagner
Alexandra Swe Wagner is an American journalist and television host. She is a senior political analyst and was the host of Alex Wagner Tonight on MSNBC. She is the author of a 2018 memoir, FutureFace: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging. She was a contributor for CBS News, and is a contributing editor at The Atlantic. In 2022, she hosted the first season of Netflix's The Mole reboot. Previously, she was the anchor of the daytime program Now with Alex Wagner (2011–2015), the evening program Alex Wagner Tonight (2022-2025), on MSNBC, and the co-host of The Circus on Showtime. From November 2016 until March 2018, she was a TV co-anchor on CBS This Morning Saturday. She has also been a senior editor at The Atlantic magazine since April 2016.
Everything about Alex Wagner →- Occupation
- journalist
- Position held
- news presenter, senior editor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 27, 1977