Just a week after NBC hired former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as a political contributor, a wave of public outcry from several of the network’s stars compelled it to reverse its decision. McDaniel had joined shortly after stepping down from her role at the RNC, where she had vocalized support for former President Donald Trump’s claims regarding the 2020 presidential election outcome.
Straight Arrow News contributor Dr. Rashad Richey dives into the controversy surrounding McDaniel’s hiring — and then ousting — at NBC. Richey expresses disappointment that the storied network only reconsidered McDaniel’s hiring after facing significant backlash from its own staff.
Okay, let’s talk about the reality that Republicans, or the Republican Party, is full of professional grifters who are very good at their jobs — so good that one of their chief grifters was able to grift herself into a nice contract with NBC News as a contributor.
Now, many would say, wait a minute, how in the hell do you go from saying fake news, NBC, to becoming a person on the payroll, and why would NBC ever make that move to bring on someone who literally has zero credibility and had to be fact-checked in real time? I’m talking about your RNC, former RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
Ronna McDaniel grifted her way into a nice position at NBC News until people like, well, Chuck Todd and others, Rachel Maddow, etc., said something. And they said something not behind the scenes, not via email, not via text, they went on-air, and they talked about it. And this was not about disagreement. God knows NBC has plenty, plenty of conservative individuals who have airtime. MSNBC [has] the same. But there has to be a standard. There has to be a barrier. If you decide to intentionally misrepresent the truth, which, by the way, if you misrepresent, if you misrepresent the truth intentionally, and you have admitted to it, why would you ever want to be in a position where truth matters to maintain your job?
