(“No organization, particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned … It has become clear that this appointment undermines that goal.”)
Funny — the journalists who spoke up said McDaniel’s departure was required to
🔸preserve their journalistic mission and the network’s credibility,
🔸not out of any need for “alignment.”
We can only hope that NBC and other news organizations take away something more than “don’t hire a MAGA mouthpiece”
A few ideas:
• Create a #mission#statement that affirms your goals are telling the #truth and defending #democracy, which protects the First Amendment — not fake balance. • #Stop#pretending four-times-indicted former president Donald Trump and his movement are presenting #alternative “#policies” as a normal party would. They are fighting for an alternate system: authoritarianism. • Politicians’ outright #lies must be identified, not just labeled as their “response” or “position.” • Instead of obsessing over #polls, devote extensive coverage to #analyzing the Heritage Foundation’s “#Project2025” and Trump’s #fascist#agenda. Feature #historians and political #scientists during news segments (not only on panels) to put Trump’s views and statements in context. • #Don’t excerpt a few words from a Trump rally or speech, dub it an “argument” and #ignore his mental short-circuits and #deteriorating#intellect.
The NBC Ronna McDaniel matter is not over, and nor should it be. As the details emerge, the rot and institutional disregard for the truth at NBC becomes more apparent.
"The Comcast boss is watching an unceasing five-alarm fire rage at 30 Rock, scarring the reputation of NBC News and threatening to consume multiple parts of the Cesar Conde-run NBC Universal News Group."
"That scandal involves these revelations from Puck's Dylan Byers, who reports, "bringing McDaniel to 30 Rock had been part of a nearly two-month-long effort that was spearheaded by Budoff Brown and her boss, NBC News President Rebecca Blumenstein, with buy-in from Conde and his deputies at both NBC News and MSNBC."
"Rashida Jones," he adds, "the president of MSNBC, was very interested in having McDaniel appear as a contributor on her network, as well."
"But this bombshell has drawn a good deal of attention... "On Sunday, Budoff Brown reached out to McDaniel’s aide and former chief of staff at the R.N.C., Richard Walters, to see if there were any friends or colleagues who could speak up on her behalf.""
"...staffers inside NBC News are enraged at the fact an executive would have engaged in such behavior."
"NBC — and most of the press — have yet to accept the reality that this is not a normal election between a Republican and a Democrat. Donald Trump and his enablers represent an extraordinary threat to democracy. This industry, which prizes objectivity above all else, is incapable of accurately covering an election where one candidate is a normal politician and the other is a dishonest, corrupt insurrectionist."
[The Washington Post] NBC offered Ronna McDaniel a better contract to appear on MSNBC
The cable channel was part of the broad push to clinch a contributor deal for McDaniel, whose hiring caused an uproar. By Sarah Ellison and Josh Dawsey
The fmr #RNC chair is in talks w/a prominent #mediatalent lawyer about potential #legal claims.
…McDaniel expects to be fully paid out for her contract — 2 yrs at $300k annually — since she did not breach its terms, acc/to a person close to McDaniel. That means that her single, not-quite-20-min interview Sunday could cost NBC >$30k per min, or $500 per sec.
That might be just the beginning of the fallout following yesterday’s announcement from #NBCUniversal News Group Chair #CesarConde that the deal, first announced on Fri, would be canceled. #RonnaMcDaniel spoke yesterday w/Bryan Freedman, renowned lawyer to the estranged cable-news stars, to discuss #legal options even beyond recouping the dollar value of her #contract.
While no arrangement is final, the person close to #RonnaMcDaniel said, Freedman would be an obvious choice: He represented Megyn Kelly in her own acrimonious parting w/NBC, as well as ousted anchors Chris Cuomo, Don Lemon & Tucker Carlson….
McDaniel… is exploring potential #defamation & #HostileWorkEnvironment#torts after #MSNBC’s top talent — momentarily her colleagues — took turns Mon blasting her on air. #NBC declined to comment about the $600k figure or her potential claims.