Top journalists and media personalities at NBC are outraged that the network would give Ronna McDaniel, a pro-Trump election denier, a $300,000 role amid budget cuts and layoffs.For years, the pro-Trump far-right has aggressively sowed distrust of American journalists as well as distrust of basic truths like the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
And on Monday morning, Scarborough also had words about the anti-abortion hard-liner’s new position: “We weren’t asked our opinion of the hiring but, if we were, we would have strongly objected to it for several reasons,” he said. “We hope NBC will reconsider its decision. It goes without saying that she will not be a guest on ‘Morning Joe’ in her capacity as a paid contributor.
Speaking to Politico, NBC and MSNBC journalists and analysts were also confused at what exactly McDaniel supposedly brings to the table—she doesn’t have relationships with Trump or Republican Party leaders in Congressshe also doesn’t get along with the party’s anti-Trump wing, since they believe she helped swing the election for him. “Across MSNBC they have been cutting contributors,” one unnamed MSNBC host said.
The major personnel decision at NBC also comes amid a critical election year and at a time when disinformation and media distrust are rampant, in no small part thanks to how McDaniel helped lead her party. And, as women and pregnant people have suffered under the cruelty of abortion bans for almost two years, McDaniel has spent the last several months insisting there’s nothing wrong with abortion bans—just Republican politicians’ messaging about the issue.
We now wait with bated breath for what MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow will have to say—if anything—about McDaniel’s hiring during her prime-time slot on Monday night…March 22, 2024 | 5:29pm
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