Witness the curse of sharing a name with one of the most notorious white nationalists in the country.
On Sunday morning, MSNBC’s “AM Joy” host Joy Reid discussed a fiery Washington Post op-ed penned by former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, who was ousted last week after he tried to convince the White House to keep President Donald Trump from meddling in the Eddie Gallagher case.
“This is what Spencer wrote in an op-ed about what the White House did,” Reid said before text images of the column appeared on the screen–accompanied by a photo of white nationalist Richard Spencer.
The image remained up as Reid read an excerpt from the op-ed.
MSNBC mistakenly uses an image of white nationalist Richard Spencer during a segment about Navy Secretary Richard Spencer. pic.twitter.com/UUMonKEHql
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) December 1, 2019
Several minutes later, the MSNBC host apologized for the snafu.
“Earlier in the segment, as we were talking about former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, we mistakenly showed the wrong image of white supremacist Richard Spencer,” she said. “Very, deeply sorry for that mistake.”
CORRECTION: Earlier on #AMJoy as we were talking about former Navy secretary Richard Spencer we mistakenly showed the wrong image of white supremacist Richard Spencer. We are very, deeply sorry for that mistake. pic.twitter.com/l3QW2lNP0b
— AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) December 1, 2019
Which image of the white supremacist Richard Spencer did they mean to show?
Now Nazi Spencer will claim he was defamed by being identified with the Trump-criticizing Spencer.
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There is no other than the one you posted.
That matters…
So will MSNBC pull a Newsweek, and fire an underling to protect a superior?