The mainstream media makes no secret of their obvious biases, choosing to report on what they want and ignoring stories they’d rather see buried. That’s what makes it no surprise that notorious leftist Joy Reid blatantly refused to address the Jussie Smollett verdict during her December 9 segment on MSNBC.

Despite having the verdict before her show aired, Reid chose to open her segment discussing “legal setbacks” for Donald Trump dealing with the January 6 committee. She did this blatantly while knowing that the Smollett verdict was the biggest story in the country, but that it didn’t fit the narrative she helped construct.

And Reid is in good company with her decision. While some other outlets did address the story, they mostly downplayed Smollett’s conviction or blamed his motives on external factors. CNN reported that Smollett was “guilty on some charges,” even though he was found guilty on five out of six total. CNN reporter Brian Stelter decided to blame conservative news sources for the whole debacle. But even their reactions were better than Reid, who just decided to ignore the elephant in the room.