#ronna mcdaniel

[liberalsarecool]

Journalistic institutions are conditioned to treat any ideology, no matter how odious or destructive, as a serious governing philosophy if a sufficient number of Americans support it.

And that number can be quite low if some of them are wealthy.

When you cater to privilege, you need the worst voices to spread the narratives. Voices that represent white supremacy. Voices that are shills for fascists. Enter 'nepo baby' Ronna.

#NothingGoodComesOutOfMAGA

[kp777]

WOW: NBC hosts REVOLT over hiring of Ronna McDaniel

David Pakman Show

March 25, 2024

NBC and MSNBC hosts, including Chuck Todd, Mika Brzezinski, and Joe Scarborough revolt against the recent hiring of former RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

“NBC News on Friday announced that it had hired Ronna McDaniel, the former Republican National Committee chair who has repeatedly attacked the network and its journalists, assailed the news media as “fake news” and promoted false claims around the 2020 vote, as an on-air commentator ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

“It couldn’t be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna’s on the team,” Carrie Budoff Brown, senior vice president of politics at NBC News, said in a memo to staff.”

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[porterdavis]

This is so, so bad

[odinsblog]

Election season, mainstream media assignment: Interviews with undecided voters

Reporter: So today we’re looking for an undecided voter. Here's one now, coming out of that Make America Great Again rally. And oh look, he’s even wearing a red MAGA hat, and he’s also wearing a “Trump won” lapel pin on his “Trump 2024” t-shirt. And that handsome tattoo of Donald Trump on his forehead is hardly even noticeable, just like that stylish AR-15 he’s brandishing.

Excuse me, sir. If I can just interrupt you passing out these “Release the J6 hostages” fliers for a moment, I’d like to ask you some questions that you can easily spin to heap praise on the Republican presidential candidate. Obviously you haven't made up your mind about who you’ll be voting for in the upcoming 2024 election, but please allow me to give you 15 minutes on national television to share your completely unbiased political narrative, which we will then run on continuous loop for weeks until we can find another impartial independent undecided voter.

Stay tuned for more fair and balanced reporting. Up next is our political analysis with Ronna McDaniel and a heartwarming story about how Donald Trump won, and how wokeness is racism against white people. Ronna?

[thatstormygeek]

What this pattern of behavior shows is the existence of what I call the “club.” What that ultimately means in our society is a class of people in the press and in politics who consider themselves to collectively be above and beyond all criticism. The people in the club freely associate with each other, jointly attending events like the White House Correspondent’s Association dinner and other D.C.-centric events, and you are not on the guest list. Like a country club of yore that excluded Blacks, Latinos, Jews, and usually women, you’re not supposed to speak ill of the club, and certainly club members rarely offer up public criticism. If anything, the club is more likely to circle the wagons, with figures like Jake Tapper (then at ABC News) rushing to defend Fox News against Obama White House criticism. It is just not done. Hiring Ronna McDaniel is perfectly in line with club operation, just like the decision to hire Megyn Kelly was. They don’t care how bad it makes them look to any objective observer. They hired one of their friends, they like Ronna, they believe that her lies and deceptions are merely a part of the game and that liberals are being scolds to point out the effect this has on the public and the public discourse.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Steve Schmidt: NBC's Hire of Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel is a "Disgrace" | The Warning

[allhailthe70shousewife]

Writer is a penitent former MAGA.

[larrywilmore]

It's not about ideology

My feelings about Trump aren't about ideology, but about the difference between democracy & fascism. I explain in this weekend's mailbag podcast.

Listen to the full podcast on @spotify

[liberalsarecool]

Entire FOX enterprise is predetermined narratives sold as outrage. The entire purpose of FOX is to silence dissent, eliminate good faith debate, kill the messenger, and ad hominem character assassination.

The biggest voices on FOX have no journalism degress, no college degrees, no area of expertise, no critical thinking skills, and no ability to admit when they are wrong.

As the Dominion case proves, FOX lies to their viewers. FOX hosts know they lie on air.

FOX manipulates the emotions of very unserious thinkers.

[popolitiko]

NBC News on Friday announced that it had hired Ronna McDaniel, the former Republican National Committee chair who has repeatedly attacked the network and its journalists, assailed the news media as “fake news” and promoted false claims around the 2020 vote, as an on-air commentator ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

“It couldn’t be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna’s on the team,” Carrie Budoff Brown, senior vice president of politics at NBC News, said in a memo to staff.

McDaniel exited the RNC earlier this month after leading the organization since 2016.

During her time as chair, McDaniel repeatedly attacked the press, which has become increasingly popular in Republican circles over the last several years as Donald Trump demonizes journalists and news institutions.

McDaniel echoed many such attacks, labeling the press as “fake news” and calling the media “corrupt.” At times, she even targeted NBC News and MSNBC with dishonest attacks.

In 2019, for instance, McDaniel accused Richard Engel, NBC News’ chief foreign correspondent, of “actively cheering for an economic downturn.”

“How can NBC let him keep his job when he’s made his bias so clear?” McDaniel asked.

McDaniel has a lengthier history attacking the progressive cable news channel MSNBC, which she will appear on in her new role. In recent years, she has repeatedly attacked the channel for “spreading lies” and blasted those she described as the network’s “primetime propagandists.”

An NBC spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment about her attacks on the news media and NBC.

In her role as RNC chief, McDaniel also fanned the flames of election denialism after the 2020 presidential contest.

McDaniel was involved in a phone call in 2020 to pressure Michigan county officials not to certify the vote from the Detroit area, where Joe Biden had a commanding lead. McDaniel told the officials, regarding the certification: “Do not sign it. … We will get you attorneys.”

The Michigan Department of State’s office condemned her claims of supposed voter fraud in the wake of the election, stating they had “no merit.” The state’s “elections were conducted fairly, effectively and transparently and are an accurate reflection of the will of Michigan voters,” it said in a detailed fact check posted online.

NBC’s hiring of McDaniel, however, plays into a recent trend at the network’s outlets, which has seemingly softened its stance on Trump as he inches toward the Republican nomination for president.

Earlier this month, CNBC hosted Trump for a lengthy phone interview in which the network’s anchors allowed him to peddle lies and conspiracy theories on air without scrutiny.

MSNBC has even started carrying Trump’s remarks live on television, a practice that the network boasted for years it would not do. Star host Rachel Maddow, who has said carrying Trump’s lies on the air is dangerous, even objected to the network broadcasting a recent speech from the presumptive Republican nominee, calling it “irresponsible.”

MSNBC has no plans to have former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on the cable network, its president told employees following the news of her hiring at NBC News.

Rashida Jones, the cable network’s president, has been seeking to address internal backlash in the wake of an internal Friday announcement by NBC News regarding McDaniel’s hiring as an on-air contributor.

In that internal memo, the political chief, Carrie Budoff Brown, said McDaniel would contribute “across all NBC News platforms,” causing turmoil among several of the network’s on-air hosts and staffers, people familiar with the matter said. MSNBC is part of the NBC News division.

Rashida Jones daughter of Quincy Jones & Peggy Lipton

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/msnbc-has-no-plans-to-have-ex-rnc-chief-on-network-0d88e70c

In February, Ms. McDaniel urged Republicans to unite behind Mr. Trump after his victory in the New Hampshire primary, irking Nikki Haley, his rival who had not yet dropped out of the race. Mr. Trump has since installed his daughter-in-law and a close adviser to lead the R.N.C., tightening his hold over the party.

Other prominent Republican commentators at NBC News include Marc Short, who served as chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence, and Brendan Buck, a former top aide to Paul Ryan and John Boehner. NBC’s Democratic commentators include former Senator Claire McCaskill and David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s former campaign manager.

Ms. McDaniel’s NBC debut will be on this Sunday’s edition of “Meet the Press.”

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

[porterdavis]

NBC bites the bullet and takes out the trash.

Good. Activism works.

[odinsblog]

The outcome of elections is just a game to NBC. It’s Les Moonves all over again.

[meandmybigmouth]

THEY TRIED EVERY DIRTY TRICK IN THE BOOK! LOOKS LIKE THEY NEED A NEW BOOK