Some of MSNBC’s biggest stars are – in extraordinary on-air fashion – rebuking management’s decision to cancel Joy Reid and Alex Wagner’s shows and lay off their production staffs.

MSNBC's star presenter Rachel Maddow has been mocked by conservatives on social media after condemning her network's decision to cancel Joy Reid's show ReidOut as "a bad mistake." Speaking on air during her Monday show,

Maddow also pointed out Katie Phang's upcoming departure from her weekend slot in a rare rebuke of her own network's "indefensible" actions, she said.