NBC News Dumps Ronna McDaniel After Staff Revolt

NBC News dumped Ronna McDaniel days after being hired following a staff revolt. You saw the first vestiges when Chuck Todd went on a tirade against the hiring over the weekend, saying that the network's credibility was at stake for such a hire. This screed comes from a man who hosted Hillary Clinton fundraisers. As others noted, Jen Psaki negotiated her contract with MSNBC while still serving as Biden’s White House press secretary. Did George Stephanopoulos have any journalism experience when ABC News hired him? No. The hypocrisy is not lost on anyone. 

Todd even doubled down, saying this isn’t about ideology when it clearly is, but that’s moot now. McDaniel is gone, and while she had her faults, the reasoning is soaked in partisan nonsense. Even Chris Cuomo, who is no fan of Republicans, couldn’t stomach the hypocrisy: 

McDaniel must go, but lying Jen Psaki, who peddled Russian collusion nonsense, can stay. Other reporters at NBC News have done the same, but this ostracization of McDaniel is about protecting the network’s integrity. It’s laughable. Also, damn, NBC News for making me defend McDaniel, who should have been replaced many cycles ago as she ran the Republican National Committee into the ground.