{"id":2206461,"date":"2024-03-26T11:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-rather-joins-nbc-mcdaniel-fray-will-shred-media-credibility\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T11:51:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:51:45","slug":"dan-rather-joins-nbc-mcdaniel-fray-will-shred-media-credibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-rather-joins-nbc-mcdaniel-fray-will-shred-media-credibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Rather enters the NBC-McDaniel dispute, poised to undermine media trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdan-rather-joins-nbc-mcdaniel-fray-will-shred-media-credibility%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2206461&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Renowned newsman Dan Rather\u200c criticized NBC&#8217;s decision \u200bto hire former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, citing her pro-Trump bias as detrimental to public trust\u200d in media. In a scathing post on his Substack &#8220;Steady,&#8221; Rather warned that \u2064associating \u200bMcDaniel with NBC\u200b News would further\u2063 diminish the limited\u2063 trust\u2064 Americans have in mainstream media. Executives&#8217; judgment\u200c was questioned, with Rather highlighting the importance\u200c of journalistic integrity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Newsman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/2932021\/dan-rather-trumps-team-a-revolving-door-of-criminals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Dan Rather,<\/a> who knows personally about losing credibility, slammed NBC\u2019s hiring of former Republican National Committee Chairwoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ronna-romney-mcdaniel\/\" title>Ronna McD<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ronna-romney-mcdaniel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>a<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ronna-romney-mcdaniel\/\" title>niel<\/a>, charging that her pro-Trump bias will erode the public\u2019s trust in media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllowing McDaniel to be in the same area code as NBC News is a huge mistake and will only further shred the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/media-bias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>small amount of trust<\/a> Americans still have in the mainstream media,\u201d Rather said on his Substack <a href=\"https:\/\/steady.substack.com\/p\/what-were-they-thinking?utm_source=substack&#038;publication_id=247881&#038;post_id=142956850&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_content=share&#038;utm_campaign=email-share&#038;triggerShare=true&#038;isFreemail=true&#038;r=3lei43&#038;triedRedirect=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Steady<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne wonders what the hell executives at the network were thinking,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Rather titled his post \u201cJournalism Lesson #1 for 2024\u201d and used it to slay NBC news executives, specifically Carrie Budoff Brown, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-kathleen-hicks-as-deputy-defense-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms Kathleen Hicks as Deputy Defense Secretary\">senior vice president<\/a> of politics, who had said of the recent hire, \u201cIt couldn\u2019t be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna\u2019s on the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her team famously disagreed. On Monday, <em>Morning Joe<\/em> hosts Joe Scarborough and his wife Mika Brzezinski said they would bar McDaniel from their show. Chuck Todd went on his former show, <em>Meet the Press<\/em>, to blast Brown\u2019s newest hire.<\/p>\n<p>Rather just piled on and even provided a list of McDaniel\u2019s \u201cmisdeeds,\u201d mostly supporting former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring her tenure, she was a prolific fundraiser yet oversaw the net losses of Republican governorships and congressional seats. But her biggest claim to fame during her seven years on the job is that she was a Trump supporter, loyalist, and apologist above all else,\u201d Rather said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne could argue that this is the role of the head of a political party: to support the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kamala-harris-ends-french-diplomatic-foray-with-a-little-shopping\/\" title=\"Watch: Kamala Harris Ends French Diplomatic Foray with a Little Shopping\">highest-ranking member<\/a> of said party. Yes, that is typically true. But McDaniel spent years repeating Trump\u2019s disinformation, making cases for his lies and paying his legal bills,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some could argue that it was Rather\u2019s questionable reporting about former President George W. Bush that supercharged the public\u2019s loss of confidence in the media. Rather, 92, followed Walter Cronkite into the top CBS News job in 1981. He left in 2004 after his negative reporting on former President George W. Bush\u2019s military service was debunked.<\/p>\n<p>But he said the business of the media is to blame now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNews gathering is a business, as unfortunate as that is. As a business, it needs to make money. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">television news<\/a>, more viewers equals more money. So news organizations feel they need to appeal to the broadest spectrum of viewers possible,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThe mainstream middle is a much more crowded field that is bombarded by accusations of bias and liberalism. So they feel the need to show their Republican bona fides by hiring conservative voices.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Rather criticized NBC for hiring Ronna McDaniel, warning that her pro-Trump stance could damage public trust in media. With his own credibility struggles in mind, Rather cautioned against the move, stating that associating McDaniel with NBC News would only worsen the erosion of trust in journalism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2206462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24084774401615-1-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24084774401615-1-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}