{"id":2206808,"date":"2024-03-26T17:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T21:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-plans-to-sack-ronna-mcdaniel-after-pundits-backlash-report\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T17:35:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T21:35:32","slug":"nbc-plans-to-sack-ronna-mcdaniel-after-pundits-backlash-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-plans-to-sack-ronna-mcdaniel-after-pundits-backlash-report\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC reportedly intends to dismiss Ronna McDaniel following criticism from pundits"},"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%2Fnbc-plans-to-sack-ronna-mcdaniel-after-pundits-backlash-report%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=2206808&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>NBC News is set to dismiss Ronna McDaniel, a recent\u200c analyst at the \u2064network, due to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-leaders-slam-adam-schiff-urge-newsom-not-to-appoint-him-as-ca-attorney-general\/\" title=\"BLM Leaders Slam Adam Schiff, Urge Newsom Not To Appoint Him As CA Attorney General\">strong opposition<\/a> from staff. The decision to hire \u200dthe former Republican National Committee chairwoman\u200c sparked immediate criticism from prominent network pundits. \u2063The network executives are reportedly considering the termination details with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dallas-mavericks-owner-mark-cuban-slammed-for-removal-of-national-anthem-at-start-of-games\/\" title=\"Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban slammed for removal of national anthem at start of games\">official announcement<\/a> pending, as per\u200c a report by the <em>Puck News<\/em>. NBC News plans to terminate Ronna McDaniel, a new network analyst, following staff resistance. The hiring of the former Republican National\u2063 Committee chairwoman faced swift backlash from\u2062 key network pundits. Executives are deliberating the termination specifics, awaiting an official announcement, as outlined in\u2063 a <em>Puck News<\/em> report.  <\/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<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\tThe NBC Peacock (Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>NBC News plans to sack Republican Ronna McDaniel, who joined the network last week as an analyst, following backlash from current and former staffers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>NBC\u2019s decision to bring on the former Republican National Committee chairwoman was met with an immediate barrage of criticism from several high-profile pundits associated with the network, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/nbc-news-plans-dump-ronna-mcdaniel-after-staff-revolt-hiring-report\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to a <em>Puck News<\/em> report on Tuesday. The network now intends to fire McDaniel, with its executives &#8220;deliberating over details&#8221; and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-decomposed-bodies-found-in-home-of-former-rhode-island-mayor\/\" title=\"Two Decomposed Bodies Found In Home Of Former Rhode Island Mayor\">announcement pending<\/a>, <em>Puck News <\/em><\/span><span>senior correspondent\u00a0Dylan Byers <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DylanByers\/status\/1772672463790547271?s=20\">said<\/a> Tuesday in a post on X.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McDaniel <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/rnc-chairwoman-steps-down-under-pressure-from-trump\/\">resigned<\/a> as head of the RNC last month amid a falling out with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, though she had supported Trump&#8217;s allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election and attempts to overturn President Joe Biden&#8217;s victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Chuck Todd, an NBC News analyst, said on Sunday that &#8220;a lot of journalists at NBC News are uncomfortable with&#8221; McDaniel\u2019s hiring because &#8220;many of our professional dealings with the RNC over the last six years have been met with gaslighting [and] character assassination.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, meanwhile, cohosts of <em>Morning Joe<\/em> on MSNBC, on Monday condemned the hiring, with the latter urging NBC to &#8220;reconsider its decision.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Monday said she wanted to &#8220;associate myself with all my colleagues both at MSNBC and NBC News who have voiced loud and principled objections to our company putting on the payroll someone who hasn&#8217;t just attacked us as journalists but someone who is part of an ongoing project to get rid of our system of government.&#8221;<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;[McDaniel] is still trying to convince Americans that this election stuff\u2014it doesn\u2019t really work, that this last election, it wasn\u2019t a real result, that American elections are fraudulent,&#8221; Maddow added, calling NBC\u2019s decision to sign McDaniel &#8220;inexplicable.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jen Psaki, an MSNBC host and former White House press secretary for Biden, also denounced McDaniel\u2019s hiring. &#8220;Look, this is not about Republicans versus Democrats. This is not about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-fire-captain-in-hot-water-after-calling-citys-vax-mandate-a-tyranny\/\" title=\"Los Angeles Fire Captain In Hot Water After Calling City\u2019s Vax Mandate A \u2018Tyranny\u2019\">red versus blue<\/a>. This is about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-to-fire-former-rnc-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-after-on-air-hosts-revolt-report\/\" title=\"NBC News reportedly plans to dismiss former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel following a rebellion by on-air hosts\">truth versus lies<\/a>. Service to the country versus service to one man committed to toppling our democratic system,&#8221; Psaki said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC News intends to remove analyst Ronna McDaniel after negative feedback from current and former staff. McDaniel, a recent addition to the network and former Republican National Committee chairwoman, faced swift backlash from key pundits. 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