Re: NBC News To Fire Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel After On-Air Hosts Revolt: Report

Ubiquitous wrote:

NBC News is reportedly planning to fire former Republican
National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel after
many top on-air hosts at MSNBC lambasted the network for
its decision to hire her last week.
 
“NBC NEWS plans to drop ex RNC-chair Ronna McDaniel as a
paid contributor following on-air revolt from NBC/MSNBC
talent,” said Puck News reporter Dylan Byers. “Execs are
deliberating over details; announcement pending.
Meanwhile, McDaniel is seeking legal representation.”
 
The move comes after many of MSNBC’s top stars publicly
attacked NBC News on their shows this week for hiring
McDaniel, claiming that she was dishonest.
 
Some notable examples of MSNBC hosts who attacked their
network included:
 
• Joe Scarborough: “We weren’t asked our opinion of the
hiring, but if we were, we would have strongly objected to
it for several reasons.”
 
• Mika Brzezinski: “We hope NBC will reconsider its
decision.”
 
• Chuck Todd: “Look, there’s a reason why there’s a lot of
journalists at NBC News are uncomfortable with this.
Because many of our professional dealings with the RNC
over the last six years have been met with gaslighting,
have been met with character assassination.”
 
• Nicolle Wallace: “NBC News, either wittingly or
unwittingly, is teaching election deniers that what they
can do stretches well beyond appearing on our air and
interviews to peddle lies about the sanctity and integrity
of our elections, which Ronna McDaniel did on yesterday’s
‘Meet the Press’… and they can do that as one of us, as
badge-carrying employees of NBC News, as paid contributors
to our sacred airwaves.”
 
• Rachel Maddow: “The fact that Ms. McDaniel is on the
payroll at NBC News – to me that is inexplicable.”
 
• Jen Psaki: “To quote Liz Cheney, Ronna facilitated
Trump’s corrupt fake elector and his effort to pressure
Michigan officials not to certify the legitimate election
outcome. She spread his lies and called January 6th
‘legitimate political discourse.’ Look, this isn’t about
Republicans versus Democrats. This isn’t about red versus
blue. This is about truth versus lies. Service to the
country versus service to one man committed to toppling
our democratic system.”
 
• Lawrence O’Donnell: “MSNBC will not use Ronna McDaniel
as a political analyst. But I do have a few questions for
her whenever she might want to come on this program. And
I’ll make it easy for her. I’ll tell her the questions
ahead of time. My first question would be, why did you
change your name for Donald Trump? Before Trump ran for
president, her name was Ronna Romney McDaniel. How does
that feel, to change her name to curry favor with the
madman because he doesn’t like your uncle? How did you
explain that to your kids? What lesson did your kids learn
from that?”

And this is a big issue why?

I seem to remember that Hillary Rodham *added* Clinton
to her moniker long after marriage. She had claimed that
she kept her maiden name to honor her father, yet that
got dropped once some people seemed to think she needed
to use the Clinton name once Bubba made it to the big
time in politics.

 
NBC is reportedly dropping ex-RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel
right after she was hired.
 
Here are the worst outbursts of leftist hacks demanding
she be let go. pic.twitter.com/TLKFbGSdFt
 
— MRC NewsBusters (@newsbusters) March 26, 2024
 
#WhatLiberalMedia
 

Nyssa, who never understood why so many women in politics
seem to use three names when most of us get along fine
with just two