Tiffany Cross Had to ‘Battle’ MSNBC Executives Obsessed with Trump

*Former MSNBC host Tiffany Cross is speaking out about the “constant criticism” she faced from white network executives. 

We reported previously via Variety, citing MSNBC sources, that Cross, who hosted the weekend program “The Cross Connection,” was canned in 2022 after her relationship with the network had “becoming frayed” as executives grew “concerned about the anchor’s willingness to address statements made by cable-news hosts on other networks and indulging in commentary executives felt did not meet the standards of MSNBC or NBC News,” per Forbes.

Cross spoke about her experience on the latest episode of her podcast, “Native Land Pod,” and said, “… every single week from the start of my show to the very last show I did, it was a battle,” she told co-hosts Angela Rye, a former CNN contributor, and former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum.

“It was a battle to cover things that I wanted to talk about. The network’s philosophy was Trump, Trump, Trump. They wanted me to be part of the echo chamber.”

Cross said she “wanted to cover things like inhumane treatment in prisons, that’s something that disproportionately impacts my community. Mental health among Black men, the erasure of Afro-Latinos in the Latino community, land battles of the indigenous, Native Americans trying to get their family artifacts back from museums right here in America. Black farmers, reaching Latino voters, things like that,” she explained.

“When I would fight these battles, I know ya’ll know exactly what I mean, I was spoken to in the most condescending ways. I mean, anything from being told the definition of news… I would have somebody sit across from me and explain to me how news works,” Cross continued.

“I had my intelligence questioned,” she added. 

According to Cross, MSNBC only cared about 24/7 coverage of then-president Trump.

“We were routinely the highest-rated show of the entire weekend,” Cross said. “So, I was scratching my head like ‘What ya’ll so mad about?’”

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