{"id":2209985,"date":"2024-03-31T10:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T14:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-host-says-nbc-news-showed-double-standard-in-mcdaniel-firing\/"},"modified":"2024-03-31T10:34:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T14:34:24","slug":"cnn-host-says-nbc-news-showed-double-standard-in-mcdaniel-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-host-says-nbc-news-showed-double-standard-in-mcdaniel-firing\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN anchor criticizes NBC&#8217;s handling of McDaniel&#8217;s dismissal, alleging a double standard"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fcnn-host-says-nbc-news-showed-double-standard-in-mcdaniel-firing%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=2209985&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>Fareed Zakaria, a CNN host, criticized NBC News \u200dfor swiftly hiring \u2062and firing Ronna McDaniel, the former Republican National Committee Chairwoman. \u2063During an appearance on &#8220;Real Time with Bill Maher,&#8221; Zakaria discussed McDaniel&#8217;s short-lived contract and MSNBC hosts&#8217; objections to her appointment due to her political views. Zakaria \u2064raised\u200d questions about holding McDaniel \u2062accountable for\u200b her past statements\u2064 regarding the 2020 election.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>CNN host <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fareed-zakaria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Fareed Zakaria<\/a> criticized <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>NBC News<\/a> for hiring and promptly firing former Republican National Committee Chairwoman <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ronna-romney-mcdaniel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ronna McDaniel<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Zakaria appeared on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbo.com\/real-time-with-bill-maher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Real Time with Bill Maher<\/a><\/em>  on Friday to discuss McDaniel\u2019s brief contract that began and ended this past week. MSNBC hosts had voiced their disagreement with McDaniel\u2019s hire over her political views.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, really, the question is, how much do you punish her for her past lies?\u201d Zakaria said. While McDaniels raised red flags over the integrity of the 2020 election, Zakaria gave McDaniels credit for agreeing that Joe Biden is the legitimate president. He noted that there remain about 85 million adults who claim they believe the election was rigged. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fareed Zakaria and Bill Maher discuss Ronna McDaniel&#8217;s firing from NBC News:<br \/>Zakaria: &#8220;How much do you punish her for her past lies? Bill Clinton lied under oath. Last time I checked he&#8217;s been on MSNBC. She&#8217;s an election denier. Well Stacey Abrams was an election denier and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7mt7iudoaZ\">pic.twitter.com\/7mt7iudoaZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricAbbenante\/status\/1773904040864129114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re going to de-platform 85 million Americans, that\u2019s a lot of people. They say no, it\u2019s not about that it\u2019s that she lied. Well, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bill Clinton<\/a> lied under oath. Last time I checked he\u2019s been on MSNBC,\u201d Zakaria went on. \u201cThey say she\u2019s an election denier. Well, Stacey Abrams was an election denier about her own election, and they\u2019ve had her on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Zakaria, NBC News could free itself of backlash over the situation if it stuck to the \u201cfoundational values of liberalism\u201d and committed to free speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiberals often trigger backlash when they use illiberal means to get to their ends,\u201d Zakaria said. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/liberal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Liberal<\/a> democracy, freedom of speech, the constitution, the way you\u2019re going to defend it, the way you\u2019re going to move it forward is by not cheating, not cutting corners, not having double standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McDaniel\u2019s total time with NBC News lasted four days. She sat for a 20-minute appearance on <em>Meet the Press<\/em> last Sunday. The network had agreed to a $300,000-a-year contract for two years.<\/p>\n<p>Lara Trump\u00a0and Michael Whatley replaced Ronna Romney McDaniel as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>RNC<\/a> co-chairpersons earlier this year. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN&#8217;s Fareed Zakaria slammed NBC News for swiftly hiring and firing ex-RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel. Speaking on Real Time with Bill Maher, Zakaria highlighted McDaniel&#8217;s short-lived contract last week. MSNBC hosts objected to her appointment due to her political stance. Zakaria questioned the consistency of NBC&#8217;s actions, calling out a potential double standard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2209986,"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\/AP24068672705333-1-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209985","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\/AP24068672705333-1-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209985","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2209986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}