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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WE ARE BACK!
WE ARE BACK WITH THE HOST OF "THE REIDOUT" ON MSNBC, JOY
REID.
AS A JOURNALIST, WHO I ASSUME YOU SEE IT AS YOUR JOB TO TRY TO
BRING THE TRUTH THROUGH REPORTING AND DIALOGUE TO THE
PEOPLE OUT THERE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU SEE OTHER ANCHORS ON DIFFERENT NETWORKS
QUESTIONING WHETHER VACCINES ARE GOOD OR BAD FOR YOU AND NOT
REVEALING WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, DO YOU HAVE ANY
PARTICULAR REACTION TO THAT?
>> WHEN WE HAD OUR SHOW CALL THIS MORNING, THIS TOOK UP
THREE-QUARTERS OF IT.
NUMBER ONE, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WHY FOLKS AT THAT
PARTICULAR NETWORK, WE ALL KNOW WHO WE MEAN, WOULD WANT TO KILL
THEIR OWN VIEWERS.
THEIR VIEWERS ARE OLDER, MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO COVID.
>> Stephen: I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
>> AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POINT IS OF KILLING THEM
BECAUSE EVERYONE ON AIR AT FOX HAS BEEN VACCINATED.
I WOULD PUT ANY MONEY ON IT.
THEY WERE VACCINATED FIRST.
I'M SURE THEY SHOVED LITTLE OLD LADIES OUT OF THE WAY TO GET
THEIR VACCINES FIRST.
THEY'RE ALL VACCINATED, LIVING IN REMOTE CABINS IS THAT NO WAY
THE CORPORATION WOULD ALLOW THEM IN THE BUILDING WITHOUT BEING
VACS MADE.
>> RUPERT WENT IN A FLEET TO GET VACS MADE.
THEY'RE ALL VACCINATED.
IF THEY'RE TELLING YOU NOT TO DO IT, YOU HAVE TO ASK WHY THEY
DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU'RE THEIR BASE.
AGAIN, THE PEOPLE SAYING THIS, WHAT IS IN IT FOR THEM, FOR
THEIR OWN PEOPLE TO TIE?
>> Stephen: IS ONE OF THEIR SPONSORS A COFFIN MANUFACTURER?
THE NEXT STEP.
( LAUGHTER ) WHAT'S NEXT?
WALK-IN BATHTUBS IS THE NEXT STEP.
JUST PUT A LID ON IT.
( LAUGHTER ) NOWE DON'T HAVE WALK-IN TUBS AS
SPONSOR ANYMORE DO WE?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: GOOD!
BIDEN BLAMED Facebook FOR MISINFORMATION.
RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
THE TARGETING OF ANTI-VAX RHETORIC IS SIMILAR TO THE
TARGETING WE SAW DURING THE ELECTION IN 2016 AND 2020, AND
THE TARGETS HAVE BEEN REPUBLICANS, PARTICULARLY WHITE
EVANGELICAL REPUBLICANS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND LATINOS.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE, THE SAME THREE GROUPS ARE TARGETING AGAIN
WITH ANTI-VACS INFORMATION FROM A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE
AND THEY SEEM TERMED TO GET THAT TRIAD OF PEOPLE TO NOT BE
VACCINATED.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE PEOPLE OF COLOR, I GET IT, THEY DON'T CARE
ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE.
BUT AGAIN I GO BACK TO EVANGELICAL REPUBLICANS BEING
THE BIGGEST TARGET OF THIS DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND.
I MEAN, THE TRUMP FOLLOWING IS IN MANY WAYS FUNDAMENTALLY A
CULT.
IT'S A CULT IN EVERY SENSE AND NOW IT APPEARS TO BE SORT OF A
JIM JONES ERA CULT.
>> Stephen: A DEATH CULT.
A DEATH CULT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHO WHERE IT ENDS.
IF THE LEADER DOESN'T CARE WHETHER YOU LIVE OR DIE THAT'S A
DEATH CULT.
>> I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, A RELIGION IS WHEN YOUR SAVIOR
DIES FOR YOU.
A CULT IS WHEN YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO DIE FOR YOUR SAVIOR.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
MY FATHER LEANED REPUBLICAN.
THIS ISN'T BECAUSE I DISLIKE REPUBLICANS I'M SAYING IT.
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG AND BROKEN IN THE PARTY AND,
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S A PARTY THAT NOW FUNDAMENTALLY DOESN'T
BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY, IS IN FAVOR OF KILLING YOURSELF BUT
NOT PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM A DEADLY VIRUS, AND WANTS TO
ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T DIE VOTE FOR THEM AND WIN?
I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THE MATH.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I WAS NEVER GOOD
AT MATH.
( LAUGHTER ) BEFORE WE GO, I WANT TO HIT YOU
WITH A COUPLE OF THINGS.
YOU'RE CELEBRATING TOMORROW YOUR FIRST YEAR OF "THE REIDOUT."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND THIS YEAR CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF MSNBC.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: ON THE AIR.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) MSNBC'S HAD A LOT OF TAG LINES
OVER THE YEARS, AND I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO 1977 ALL THE
WAY TO TODAY, TELL ME WHAT YOUR FAVORITE IS.
1997, IT'S TIME TO GET CONNECTED.
THAT'S VERY EARLY INTERNET.
I DON'T THINK SO.
2003, AMERICA'S NEWS CHANNEL.
THAT'S A LITTLE FOXY.
2007, A FULLER SPECTRUM OF NEWS.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A DYING KNOW -- DIAGNOSIS.
ALSO 2007, AMERICA'S FASTEST GROWING NEWS CHANNEL.
NICE.
2008, THE PLACE FOR POLITICS.
THAT'S GOOD IN AN ELECTION YEAR.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: 2010, A BIG ONE -- LEAN FORWARD.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF LEAN FORWARD.
>> WELL, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE CRITICISMS FROM THOSE WHO
WORK WITH ME, THEY TELL ME WHEN I AM ON AIR I LEAN FORWARD, SO
MAYBE THAT'S ABOUT ME PERSONALLY.
>> Stephen: AND PRESENTLY THIS IS THE ONE I LIKE BECAUSE IT'S A
LITTLE BIT BELLIGERENT.
RIGHT NOW THE MOTTO IS, THIS IS WHO WE ARE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THIS IS IT.
THIS IS IT.
THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.
>> Stephen: WELL, JOY, IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE YOU, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THIS WAS FUN.
>> Stephen: "THE REIDOUT" AIRS WEEK NIGHTS ON MSNBC.
JOY REID, EVERYBODY WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY
ALESSIA CARA.
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