Michael Che Wonders If He's Next Black Anchor to Be Fired

Michael Che Wonders if He’s the Next Black Anchor to Be Fired After Joy Reid and Lester Holt Exits: ‘Well NBC, Only One More to Go’
MSNBC anchor Joy Reid, who previously filled the 7 p.m. slot, has been let go as part of a massive reshuffling of talent at the news cabler. And NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt announced this week that he was departing after a decade in the chair.
SNL’s Michael Che says there’s ‘only one more to go’ after two Black anchors leave NBC
SNL’s Michael Che says there’s ‘only one more to go’ after two Black anchors leave NBC - Joy Reid and Lester Holt both recently left NBC
‘SNL’s’ Michael Che Rips NBC Bosses for Firing Black Anchors
Live star Michael Che took aim at his own network during Saturday’s “Weekend Update” segment. “This week, MSNBC fired its only non-white primetime host," Che said, referring to last week’s controversial firing of Joy Reid.
Lester Holt stepping down as 'NBC Nightly News' anchor after 10 years
In an internal memo released to news outlets Monday morning, Holt — who turns 66 in March — said that after "10 years, 17 if you include my years on the weekends, the time has come for me to step away from my role as anchor of Nightly News." No replacement was announced.
Michael Che On Joy Reid & Lester Holt’s Departures: “Well, NBC, Only One More To Go”
Hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che tackled Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting with president Donald Trump and MSNBC's cancellation of Joy Reid's show.
Teary MSNBC anchor Joy Reid remains defiant as she breaks silence after firing: ‘I’m not sorry’
“I’m not sorry. I am not sorry that I stood up for those things,” Reid said as she ticked off a list of issues that her show, ...
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Black TV anchor sues former employer for wrongful termination, claims she was treated like plantation slave
Ojinika Obiekwe, an Emmy-winning Black TV anchor, has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, alleging wrongful ...
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Glamorous black TV anchor says racist bosses treated her like plantation slave
An Emmy-winning black TV anchor was treated like a plantation slave by her racist bosses, a bombshell lawsuit alleges. Ojinika Obiekwe, 46, had been employed at New York based network PIX11 ...
Knoxville remembers Edye Ellis, pioneer of East Tennessee media and first Black anchor at WBIR
Ellis joined WBIR Channel 10 in 1982, where she first covered the World's Fair in a program called "Welcome World." She stayed on as an anchor.