Former MSNBC host Tiffany Cross blasted her old network for firing Joy Reid and urged black viewers to shun the Comcast-owned channel whose morning hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have “bent the knee” to President Donald Trump.

Joy Reid, the most outspoken host on progressive news channel MSNBC, is leaving the network. Reid, who signed a new contract with the Comcast-owned channel last year, will have her final show this week,

An MSNBC representative declined comment on Reid's status. Reid, 56, occasionally made Comcast executives uncomfortable with her harsh critiques of President Trump and his supporters. Her exit will be seen as another example of TV news divisions reining in journalists and commentators who are viewed as hostile to the Trump administration.

Network brass are reportedly looking to soften image to appeal to wider audience. The firing of Joy Reid and the cancellation of her far left MSNBC show may have been in the works for over a year in anticipation of the massive shakeup now rattling through the flailing cable news network.