“This was four days before [the 2022] midterms and one day before my show was going to air, we booked an exclusive sit down with Stacey Abrams… that morning I got a call from the president of the network saying they were not going to be renewing my contract, which was up in a month, and that my viewers would not even be given the courtesy or the respect of me not being able to sign off or have a final show,” Cross said.

“When that happens, it suggests to other people in the industry that this person is so unhireable that we could not trust her with a live mic,” she continued. “The firing was very abrupt and it was very intentional to my audience, my viewers, that you are not the type of viewers that the company cares about. I was devastated when my show was canceled. I was so sad.”

Cross said that she was never given a reason why she was dismissed but suspects that irking “White conservatives” played a role. …

“The network began attacking me,” Cross said. “They planted hit pieces in the press. The president of the network began a bizarre, unhinged tour where she was on damage control, I don’t know what she was trying to do.”

[Meh. The “final show” is actually not a standard practice when broadcasters separate themselves from on-air talent under contentious circumstances, for obvious reasons. They simply take you off the air, as Tucker Carlson experienced, among many others. Retirements are a different matter, but firings are usually immediate. Cross may have some legitimate grievances against MSNBC, but she also authored her own demise. As John wrote at the time, the fact that Joy Reid remains on-air at MSNBC tends to negate Cross’ implied allegation. — Ed]