The tantrum from NBC and MSNBC “journalists” and pundits over the hiring of former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is a reminder to her and everyone else: NBC is a safe space for former Democratic operatives only.
McDaniel’s attempt to cash out on her RNC tenure by signing on to NBC is being fought tooth and nail by the network’s “talent.” That began when former Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd shamed his bosses on-air for hiring McDaniel and putting current Meet the Press anchor Kristen Welker in an “impossible situation.” His scolding stems from the fact that “many of our professional dealings with the RNC over the last six years have been met with gaslighting, have been met with character assassination.”
Treating NBC as the Democratic-run media operation it is may be the only good thing about McDaniel’s tenure at the RNC. After all, the outlet is (and has been) littered with former Democratic campaign staffers, including Chuck Todd, who worked on the 1992 presidential campaign of Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA). Tim Russert, the longest-serving host of Meet the Press, was chief of staff for Sen. Daniel Moynihan (D-NY) and a top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Mario Cuomo.
The Democratic ties don’t stop at Meet the Press, either. Lawrence O’Donnell, a prime-time host on MSNBC, was a senior adviser to Moynihan. Alex Wagner, who replaced Rachel Maddow in prime time on the network, is the daughter of one of Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign co-chairman. Most recently, NBC hired Jen Psaki and Symone Sanders-Townsend, both of whom worked in communications for President Joe Biden and both of whom were given their own shows on MSNBC, with Psaki still representing Biden at the podium when news of her contract with MSNBC leaked.
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There are former Republican operatives on MSNBC too, but they are all among the network’s most liberal voices and biggest Biden supporters. That includes Joe Scarborough, the former GOP congressman who shills on behalf of Biden on his show nonstop. That includes Nicolle Wallace, who worked on Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) presidential campaign in 2008 and whose liberal raving is indistinguishable from Joy Reid’s, another Democrat hosting a show on the network. Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele claims to still be a card-carrying Republican, but he is only trotted out when MSNBC wants to accuse the GOP of being racist.
This is before you even get to the run-of-the-mill liberal bias from NBC’s other hosts and contributors. NBC is a haven of former Democratic operatives and only accepts Republican turncoats. Were McDaniel a Democrat, no one at the network would even blink an eye, because that is the kind of network that NBC is.