MSNBC faced backlash from its own anchors and employees, and as a result decided not to have Ronna McDaniel appear on the network.
The Wall Street Journal reported:
The cable network's president, Rashida Jones, is trying to address internal backlash following Friday's internal announcement by NBC News about McDaniel's hiring as an on-air contributor. In an internal memo, political director Carrie Budoff Brown said McDaniel would contribute „to all NBC News platforms,“ leading to confusion among the station's multiple on-air hosts and staff. said a person familiar with the matter. . MSNBC is part of his NBC News division.
Mr. Jones told employees the cable network had no plans to have Mr. McDaniel on the show, according to a person familiar with the conversation. Many MSNBC anchors and producers have internally expressed concerns about McDaniel's relationship with former President Donald Trump and the RNC's role in McDaniel's efforts to contest the 2020 election results. ing.
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While the original plan to feature McDaniel on all NBC news platforms, including MSNBC, was correct, the backlash to having one of President Trump's 1/6th co-conspirators on the network was so strong that com The cast seems to have backed out of that plan.
McDaniel is scheduled to be interviewed by Kristen Welker on Meet the Press Sunday morning, and she will likely join NBC's political coverage on both the terrestrial network „Today“ and the streaming channel „NBC News Now.“ It's going to happen.
The backlash from employees may have been intense, but the backlash from viewers was even worse.
NBC's owner, Comcast, clearly views MSNBC's leftward shift as nothing more than branding they can trample on.
Ronna McDaniel was still given a great job in corporate media to cater to President Trump, but at least MSNBC viewers don't have to worry about her appearing on the channel.
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Jason is the editor-in-chief. He is a White House correspondent and Congressional Correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason holds a bachelor's degree in political science. His graduate work focused on public policy and specialized in social reform movements.
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