RNC Removes ‘Bank Your Vote’ Website, Plans Overhaul Of Early Voting Initiative
The RNC took down the 'Bank Your Vote' website but told The Federalist its new plan would include vote-banking efforts.The RNC took down the 'Bank Your Vote' website but told The Federalist its new plan would include vote-banking efforts.RNC Cleans House To Get Everybody On The Same Page About Election Integrity
The RNC personnel change-up was part of a bigger shift that all Republican gatekeepers should make to focus on election integrity.NBC News faces internal blowback from decision to cut Ronna McDaniel
The ramifications of NBC News' decision to cave to internal outrage and cut ties with Ronna McDaniel are already taking shape.
As Semafor reported, the "backlash to the backlash" has begun, and rank-and-file journalists — those NBC News employees not upset about McDaniel joining their network — are feeling the heat.
"Political reporters here didn't take part in the backlash [against McDaniel], nor did they get to give input on the hire," one NBC reporter told Semafor. "But they'll be the ones who have to pick up the pieces with sources who are now dismayed with the organization."
More from Semafor:
Four NBC News staffers expressed concern that instead of fixing the problem, hiring and then firing McDaniel had only alienated liberal viewers while confirming Republican fears. Two Republican aides told Semafor they’d texted their NBC News contacts to express their anger with the decision.
The truth is that a small minority of prominent voices at NBC News and MSNBC — Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, Joe Scarborough, etc. — led the outrage against McDaniel's hire, which NBC News executives unanimously approved, according to multiple reports.
But the hasty decision to appease the small minority of loud voices will reverse inroads the network has made to appeal to Republican viewers, solidifying perceptions that NBC News is not a fair media source, Semafor noted. Ultimately, the long-term impact on NBC News' credibility of hiring then firing McDaniel could be a net negative.
That's why Republicans are declaring victory.
Stephen Moore, a Republican economist, said it's a "good day for our team, because it makes [Democrats] look ridiculous." Mick Mulvaney, moreover, said the incident "allows [NBC News] to completely shed their image as a legitimate news outlet, once and for all."
In a memo to NBC News staff, Cesar Conde, chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group, said that "no organization, particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned" and that "it has become clear that [McDaniel's] appointment undermines that goal."
It's true that any successful company needs to be aligned behind a central mission.
But it appears the decision to fire McDaniel days after hiring her had nothing to do with NBC News' company mission. If that were the case, executives would never have hired McDaniel, let alone unanimously.
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Jen Psaki Lies About Lying
When it comes to lies, Ronna McDaniel is a piker compared to the former White House Press Secretary'Ronna McDaniel will not be an NBC News contributor,' NBCUniversal News Group chairman announces
In the face of blowback over the news that former Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel would serve as an NBC News political analyst, the media giant has done an about-face.
"After listening to the legitimate concerns of many of you, I have decided that Ronna McDaniel will not be an NBC News contributor," NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde noted in a message to staff Tuesday, according to NBC News. "I want to personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down. While this was a collective recommendation by some members of our leadership team, I approved it and take full responsibility for it."
Conde claimed in the email that the organization remains dedicated to offering viewers a range of different views.
"Our initial decision was made because of our deep commitment to presenting our audiences with a widely diverse set of viewpoints and experiences," he wrote, according to a screenshot of the note posted on X by NPR's David Folkenflik. "We continue to be committed to the principle that we must have diverse viewpoints on our programs, and to that end, we will redouble our efforts to seek voices that represent different parts of the political spectrum."
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NBC News chief political analyst Chuck Todd, a former "Meet the Press" moderator, had slammed his superiors during a Sunday appearance on "Meet the Press" after current show moderator Kristen Welker interviewed McDaniel.
"I think our bosses owe you an apology for putting you in this situation," Todd declared.
He claimed that McDaniel "has credibility issues."
"And look, there's a reason why there's a lot of journalists at NBC News uncomfortable with this because many of our professional dealings with the RNC over the last six years have been met with gaslighting" and assassination of character, Todd said.
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NBC’s Most Insufferable, Nagging Hosts Saved Democracy By Blowing Up Ronna McDaniel’s Contract
Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel is out at NBC almost before she started. At least the network's hosts can say they saved democracy again.Chuck Todd learns very quickly why no one believes his sudden interest in 'credibility' and the 'basic truth'
NBC News anchor Chuck Todd is doubling down.
After publicly scolding his bosses for hiring former Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor at NBC News, Todd defended his tirade by offering himself as the vanguard of journalistic integrity.
"The issue isn’t about ideology, it's about basic truth," Todd claimed.
"Those trying to make this a left-right issue are being intentionally dishonest," he charged. "This is about whether honest journalists are supposed to lend their credibility to someone who intentionally tried to ruin ours."
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The problem with Todd's stance is painfully obvious, though it's telling that Todd himself refuses to look in the mirror.
For decades, there has been a revolving door between the media, government, and politics. The transition from campaign worker or White House staffer to paid media talking head is a "well-grooved template," Politico explained. It has been happening for decades, and both Republicans and Democrats are guilty of it.
And yet, Todd only stands on his soapbox of principles to lecture us about "credibility" and the "basic truth" when a pro-Donald Trump Republican becomes his colleague. Meanwhile, it's just a typical day in the Acela Corridor when a Democrat jumps ship directly from the White House to NBC News.
Anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear knows the outrage is about ideology — McDaniel's versus the corporate media's — and that's why no one believes Todd's outrage:
- "Absolutely amazing that Chuck Todd really believes NBC and MSDNC have journalistic credibility and ethics — when polls show Americans overwhelmingly hate and distrust them — and Democrats now view Chuck Todd and this sh***y network as some beacon of journalistic integrity," journalist Glenn Greenwald said.
- "Given what you guys did with the Trump-Russia collusion nonsense and COVID, maybe your credibility deserves to be damaged. And you guys have perma-liar Jen Psaki and Simone Sanders, and whatever Obama press secretaries you had in the past. They spun and lied every damn day but you didn't mind hiring them, right?" radio host Ross Kaminsky said.
- "Chuck Todd has pushed the Russia collusion hoax for years. He has NEGATIVE credibility. This is hilarious," commentator Mollie Hemingway said.
- "The best thing about this controversy is that NBC News employs John Brennan who helped create Russiagate. CNN employs James Clapper who lied to America about the NSA spying on them w/o warrants. And Fox News employs Mike Pompeo who plotted to assassinate a journalist. But Mitt Romney’s niece is a bridge too far," another person said.
- "People like Chuck see plummeting trust in media and they refuse to even consider the possibility that they did it to themselves. It can’t be them. They’re perfect. They’re brave. They’re vital to 'our democracy.' They have to blame someone else. They NEED to blame someone else," one person said.
There is a reason that public trust in the corporate media remains at record lows, and Todd would do himself some good by looking in the mirror.
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