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Zhi Zhu 🕸️"It’s astonishing that <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NBC</a> ’s top brass failed to see why <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a> was not just some random conservative contributor or to anticipate the revolt her hiring would inspire.Yes, viewers and readers should be offered a variety of views...But no <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> outlet should seek to “balance” <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#truth</a> with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/falsehood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#falsehood</a> or to hire, in the name of ideological diversity, anyone complicit in undermining the democratic project itself." <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/31/trump-msnbc-bibles-religion-media-politics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/31/trump-msnbc-bibles-religion-media-politics/</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Press</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jan6</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Chuck DarwinWill the media learn the right lesson from the Ronna McDaniel debacle? Sadly, <a href="https://c.im/tags/MSNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSNBC</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#management</a> couched the decision to drop <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ronna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ronna</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a> in a blizzard of corporate speak. (“No organization, particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned … It has become clear that this appointment undermines that goal.”) Funny — the journalists who spoke up said McDaniel’s departure was required to 🔸preserve their journalistic mission and the network’s credibility, 🔸not out of any need for “alignment.”We can only hope that NBC and other news organizations take away something more than “don’t hire a MAGA mouthpiece” A few ideas:  • Create a <a href="https://c.im/tags/mission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mission</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/statement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#statement</a> that affirms your goals are telling the <a href="https://c.im/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#truth</a> and defending <a href="https://c.im/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>, which protects the First Amendment — not fake balance. • <a href="https://c.im/tags/Stop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Stop</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/pretending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pretending</a> four-times-indicted former president Donald Trump and his movement are presenting <a href="https://c.im/tags/alternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alternative</a> “<a href="https://c.im/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policies</a>” as a normal party would. They are fighting for an alternate system: authoritarianism. • Politicians’ outright <a href="https://c.im/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lies</a> must be identified, not just labeled as their “response” or “position.” • Instead of obsessing over <a href="https://c.im/tags/polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polls</a>, devote extensive coverage to <a href="https://c.im/tags/analyzing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#analyzing</a> the Heritage Foundation’s “<a href="https://c.im/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Project2025</a>” and Trump’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascist</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/agenda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#agenda</a>. Feature <a href="https://c.im/tags/historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#historians</a> and political <a href="https://c.im/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scientists</a> during news segments (not only on panels) to put Trump’s views and statements in context. • <a href="https://c.im/tags/Don" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Don</a>’t excerpt a few words from a Trump rally or speech, dub it an “argument” and <a href="https://c.im/tags/ignore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ignore</a> his mental short-circuits and <a href="https://c.im/tags/deteriorating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deteriorating</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/intellect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intellect</a>. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/29/newsletter-ronna-mcdaniel-media-alsobrooks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/29/newsletter-ronna-mcdaniel-media-alsobrooks/</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RonnaMcDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RonnaMcDaniel</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Debacle</a>

Laffy🤦🏻‍♀️<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RNC</a> weighs limiting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NBC</a>’s access at this summer’s conventionIt is the latest fallout from Ronna <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a>’s ouster from the network. Read in POLITICO: <a href="https://apple.news/A6fLcl_uRQ8ybC3mbOSj46Q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.news/A6fLcl_uRQ8ybC3mbOSj46Q</a> <a href="https://apple.news/A6fLcl_uRQ8ybC3mbOSj46Q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.news/A6fLcl_uRQ8ybC3mbOSj46Q</a>

CaseyLNBC has ushered Ronna <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a> out the door. Good -but they should never have let her in.This is what we must realize about the <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/MSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSM</a> from here on out: They have placed their bets on what the country will be after November 2024.And what they are betting is that the US will no longer be a <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>.They're OK with that. Not only OK with it, but willing to grease the skids to make it happen.

Alex M. Dunne :ally:<a href="https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@DemocracyMattersALot</a> What's the <a href="https://masto.digittante.com/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a> -v- #@Scaramucci exchange rate?

Robert H<a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Nonilex</a> I'm no fan of Ronna <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a>, but argue that of the three qualifications to be on NBC or MSNBC's air--resume, insight, and liberal outlook--she deserved a couple of weeks to show that she could deliver insight to the MAGA brain.You don't have to agree with someone to learn from them. It was clear from McDaniel's performance on Sunday that she is unrepentant. Nevertheless, we all could have learned from her had she shared some insight. 1/2

Normal Guy<a href="https://mastodon.social/@realTuckFrumper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@realTuckFrumper</a> If they don’t fire <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a>, they will be fired themselves. So they’d better take care of their own butt.

MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<a href="https://mastodon.social/@flexghost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@flexghost</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheGOPRehabilitationProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheGOPRehabilitationProject</a> (AKA <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MtP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MtP</a>) last Sunday tried to sound like a "reasonable/rational" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a> by conceding "Joe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> is the duly elected president of the United States."But when pressed to say whether or not it was the result of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a>, she refused to say… though she pointed to "an explosion in PA mail-in ballots in 2020 (in mid-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pandemic</a>) vs 2016 (pre-pandemic.)Later, she "condemned the violence of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jan6</a>" but never said who she blamed. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AntiFa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiFa</a>

MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RachelMaddow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RachelMaddow</a> joins the chorus of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NBC</a> Newscasters in opposition to the decision to hire Fmr <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RNC</a> Chair <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ronna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ronna</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a>... who used the RNC to push <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarthTraitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarthTraitor</a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FakeElector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FakeElector</a> scheme in a blaintant attempt to overturn the election. <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-joins-colleagues-in-objecting-to-mcdaniel-for-legitimizing-trump-attacking-democracy-207664709959" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-joins-colleagues-in-objecting-to-mcdaniel-for-legitimizing-trump-attacking-democracy-207664709959</a>

Amanda HugankissWho at NBC seriously imagined that hiring McDaniel was a good idea? <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mcdaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mcdaniel</a>

NonilexThru that process <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RonnaMcDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RonnaMcDaniel</a> built a good rapport w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NBCNews</a> execs Carrie Budoff Brown, snr VP of politics, & Rebecca Blumenstein, pres of editorial. McDaniel left the RNC, signed on w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CAA</a> [further proving Republicans are just actors] & went looking for a TV contract.…The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a> deal was unanimously supported by leaders of all their networks, …including by …[the] president of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSNBC</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BothSides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BothSides</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NBC</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NBCUniversal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NBCUniversal</a>

SherBeareth<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RonnaRomneyMcDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RonnaRomneyMcDaniel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nbcuicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nbcuicide</a> 🦚 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OliviaTroye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OliviaTroye</a>, former member of former Vice President Mike <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pence</a>’s staff, tweeted, “While [<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a>] now states that she doesn’t condone <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violence</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/attacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#attacks</a> on law enforcement ... would love to hear her <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/explanation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#explanation</a> regarding the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fundraising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fundraising</a> text <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/messages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#messages</a> she authorized that went out from the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RNC</a> attacking the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FBI</a> for doing their jobs. She owes the national security and law enforcement community an <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/apology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apology</a>.”

Robert H<a href="https://mas.to/@3dogcouch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@3dogcouch</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@knittingknots2</a> On her first appearance on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NBC</a> Meet the Press--as an interviewee, not contributor--Ronna <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a> is unrepentant.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYHyCJLdZ04" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYHyCJLdZ04</a>

Robert H<a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@knittingknots2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSNBC</a> takes a position to the left of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NBC</a>. Fine. That's their choice, to keep Ronna <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a> off the air. MSNBC preaches to the choir. Frankly, I think that the converted do a better job of explaining the actions of Republicans. Liz <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cheney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cheney</a> Michael <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Steele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Steele</a> Michael <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cohen</a> Bill <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kristol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kristol</a> Tim <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Miller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Miller</a>

Chuck DarwinFormer Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has become a lightning rod in GOP circles. Rashida Jones,<a href="https://c.im/tags/MSNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSNBC</a> network president, responded to backlash in the wake of a Friday announcement by NBC News that former Republican National Committee Chairwoman <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ronna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ronna</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a> was hired as an on-air contributor. In that internal memo, NBC political chief, Carrie Budoff Brown, said McDaniel would contribute “across all NBC platforms" Jones now says MSNBC has no plans to have former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on the cable network <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/media/msnbc-has-no-plans-to-have-ex-rnc-chief-on-network-0d88e70c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wsj.com/business/media/msnbc-has-no-plans-to-have-ex-rnc-chief-on-network-0d88e70c</a>

lakeladyI wonder if Rachel will have anything to say about her new MSNBC colleague on her Monday show. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Maddow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maddow</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MSNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSNBC</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Media</a>

Chuck DarwinNBC News is filled with professional journalists doing good work. Many of them have documented in exhausting (or actually quite lively and entertaining) detail the ways in which Trump and his helpers have corroded American democracy. <a href="https://c.im/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a>, on the other hand, was a major player in a political project that’s antithetical to that mission. Trump’s GOP was and is built on delegitimizing the people and institutions that might otherwise check it 🔸Congress; 🔸the judiciary; 🔸the electorates of Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. 🔥Foremost among the institutions Trump wants to blow up is 👉legacy political media, and its critical, fact-checked information stream. 🔥The goal is to erode trust in the press. 🔥 💰I’m not sure why the suits at NBC News think it’s in anyone’s best interest to hire someone to do that work for Trump.💰Trump’s attacks on the media don’t have a parallel in modern US politics. He has called the press the “enemy of the people” and accused them of “treason.” A close ally has already signaled that Trump would use the powers of his office to crack down on critical outlets, if he wins a second term. Spending seven years running interference for a fascistic fraudster who holds the First Amendment in roughly the same terminal contempt with which he regards women and low-flow toilets is not the kind of thing that should qualify you for a new career in journalism.But <a href="https://c.im/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a> did more than shill for the president. She played an important role in public and behind the scenes in Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election —and with it, two and a half centuries of constitutional governance. That should be a clear red line for employers in the truth-telling business. In November 2020 story in Politico, just a few months before the Capitol insurrection, Tim Alberta offered a glimpse of how McDaniel abetted Trump’s lies about the election and allowed her party organization to amplify them in even more absurd ways:&nbsp;👉 McDaniel told multiple confidants that she doubted there was any scalable voter fraud in Michigan. Nevertheless, McDaniel told friends and fellow Republicans that she needed to stay the course with Trump and his legal team. This wasn’t about indulging him, she said, but rather about demonstrating a willingness to fight —even when the fight couldn’t be won.This is why 🔹McDaniel has sanctioned her employees, beginning with top spokesperson Liz Harrington, to spread countless demonstrable falsehoods in the weeks since Election Day. 🔹 It’s why 🔹the RNC, on McDaniel’s watch, tweeted out a video clip of disgraced lawyer Sidney Powell claiming Trump “won in a landslide”🔹 (when he lost by more than 6 million votes nationally) and alleging a global conspiracy to rig the election against him.&nbsp;💥McDaniel pushed to delay the certification of the presidential results in Michigan, and helped the Trump campaign assemble fake electors, a key part of its plot to throw the Electoral College certification into chaos. This is not standard-issue party-chair stuff. This was a historically dishonest conspiracy. And it is hardly a secret to anyone: As Media Matters noted on Friday, you can read about a lot of this at NBC News itself. And that’s sort of the larger point here.

Robert H<a href="https://c.im/@cdarwin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cdarwin</a> I wonder who is responsible for the "widespread criticism" of Ronna <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a> going to work for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NBC</a>. There's a reason NBC and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSNBC</a> hire ex-Republicans. They are credible.Ronna - ex-chair of the RNC Michael <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Steele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Steele</a> -- ditto Joe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scarborough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scarborough</a>

Chuck Darwin<a href="https://c.im/tags/NBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NBC</a> News was hit with widespread criticism for hiring former Republican National Committee chair <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ronna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ronna</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a> as a commentator.McDaniel will make her debut Sunday on "Meet the Press," and she will appear on both NBC and its left-leaning <a href="https://c.im/tags/MSNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSNBC</a> cable network whose hosts she decried as "primetime propagandists" less than a year ago.

Chuck DarwinDuring her time as chair, McDaniel repeatedly attacked the press, -- an increasingly popular tactic in Republican circles over the last several years as Donald Trump demonized 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. <a href="https://c.im/tags/NBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NBC</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ronna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ronna</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDaniel</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Carrie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Carrie</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Budoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Budoff</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Brown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brown</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Rachel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rachel</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Maddow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maddow</a>

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