It’s just being reported that senior executives over at NBC News are meeting to decide the fate of former RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel after the network hosts like Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow got triggered over her hire.
It is said the NBC bosses are trying to prevent a ‘growing insurrection’:
VARIETY – Former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel has only appeared once on NBC News programming in her new capacity as a political news contributor, and already, senior executives are gathering to conduct a review.
Top executives from NBC News were expected to meet Tuesday to hash out the growing controversy around her recent hire, according to two people familiar with the matter, in a bid to stop a growing insurrection by the NBCUniversal unit’s editorial staff. In recent days, prominent anchors ranging from Chuck Todd to Rachel Maddow have spoken out against the hire on NBC News’ “Meet The Press” as well as on MSNBC, charging NBC News executives with giving a platform to McDaniel despite her efforts to help former President Donald Trump dismiss the integrity of the 2020 presidential election.
There are some people who think NBC News may have to renege on its contributor deal with McDaniel, because the growing internal outcry about her hire means many producers and anchors will be loath to book her on their programs. Others think NBC News could stand by its decision.
NBC News spokespersons did not immediately respond to queries seeking comment.
Journalists are a quarrelsome lot and often disagree with the editorial mandates of the companies for which they work, but the backlash to the decision around McDaniel has resulted in uncommon displays of rancor.
These same network hosts had nary a problem when NBC hired Biden’s liar of a press secretary Jen Psaki, who also worked for his political campaign. But as soon as they hire McDaniel, she’s barely there for an interview and already hosts are crying foul. What cry babies!