NBC News to drop ex-RNC chair Ronna McDaniel after Rachel Maddow, ‘Morning Joe’ revolt
NY Post
NBC News plans to drop former Republican National Committee boss Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor after network stars including MSNBC primetime headliner Rachel Maddow and the co-hosts of “Morning Joe” blasted the decision to bring the Trump-backing politico on board, according to a report.
The network has not made an announcement, but one is pending, according to Puck News.
Earlier on Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal and Variety reported that NBC News executives were meeting to discuss what to do with McDaniel in the face of public opposition from network stars.
According to the Journal, McDaniel was hired by NBC News editorial chief Rebecca Blumenstein.
The decision to bring McDaniel aboard was backed by Carrie Budoff Brown, who heads political coverage at NBC News, with Cesar Conde, the chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group, also looped in, the Journal reported.
A source close to the network told The Post that Conde “calls the shots” and that no matter who “takes the fall” for the decision to hire Ronna McDaniel, he “signed off” on it and is involved in “everything” at the network.
