First, there’s the message sent by hiring McDaniel on a nearly $300,000-a-year contract amid a growing sense inside the Washington bureau that Comcast sees its news division, which has been subject to recent layoffs and other cuts, as a divisive nuisance to be stripped down.
“Across MSNBC they have been cutting contributors,” said one of the network’s hosts. “So everyone’s like, what the fuck? You found 300 for her?”
