Joy Reid apologized and issued a correction after using a photograph of neo-Nazi Richard Spencer instead of the former Navy secretary in a piece about his firing.
While discussing the firing of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer on Sunday’s AM Joy, the show included a photograph of the wrong Spencer; instead, they used a photograph of the much younger neo-Nazi Spencer.
Reid issued a correction and an apology later in the show, saying, “I want to make a big correction. Earlier in the segment, as we were talking about Richard Spencer, we mistakenly showed the wrong image of white supremacist Richard Spencer. Very, deeply sorry for that mistake.”
The Spencer used in MSNBC’s clip is the president of the National Policy Institute, a white supremacist think tank. He has been a leading figure in the neo-Nazi movement and helped organize the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that led to the death of Heather Heyer.
Former Secretary Spencer was fired at the request of President Trump over disputes about his handling of the case of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who was accused of war crimes. Trump demanded that Gallagher maintain his full rank and Trident pin while Spencer wanted him to face the standard review process.
