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The network announced McDaniel’s hiring on Friday, two weeks after she stepped down as the RNC leader, saying McDaniel would add to NBC News’ coverage with an insider’s perspective on national politics and the future of the Republican Party.
Maddow said she’d been told that MSNBC management had signed off on the hiring, but that when staff “expressed outrage,” it was made clear that McDaniel would not appear on the cable network, which appeals primarily to liberal viewers. Since then, she said there’s been an effort in other parts of the company to “muddy that up in the press” and make it seem like that’s not what happened.
What is the world to come to? Who could imagine MSNBC or NBC or CNN would hire a Republican who provides an opposing view?
Maddow said she’d been told that MSNBC management had signed off on the hiring, but that when staff “expressed outrage,” it was made clear that McDaniel would not appear on the cable network, which appeals primarily to liberal viewers. Since then, she said there’s been an effort in other parts of the company to “muddy that up in the press” and make it seem like that’s not what happened.
A vocal revolt: MSNBC personalities object to NBC News' hiring of Ronna McDaniel as a contributor
Hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski follow Chuck Todd in publicly criticizing their network.
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What is the world to come to? Who could imagine MSNBC or NBC or CNN would hire a Republican who provides an opposing view?