Oklahoma City councilmembers commemorated MAPS 3 advisers and civic leaders Tuesday as the third iteration of the storied revitalization program was officially declared complete. The council unanimously agreed to rename the lake at the city’s downtown Scissortail Park as “Lake McDaniel” in honor of former Oklahoma City University president Tom McDaniel, who’s served as chairman […]
It should have been a straightforward appointment in the often lucrative world of political punditry: a former high-ranking party official making the move from actual politics to America’s television screens with a mission to pontificate, opine and spin. US cable news is littered with such figures: ex-congresspeople, former presidential candidates, reformed spin doctors, one-time campaign […]
NewsNation correspondentGeraldo Rivera blasted NBC’s “cabal of aging” hosts for instigating the network’s firing of Ronna McDaniel, but he saved his most pointed remarks for Rachel Maddow of MSNBC. After McDaniel, the former Republican National Committee chair, was dismissed on Tuesday, Rivera zeroed in on Maddow, whose nearly 30-minute on-air objection to the original hiring […]
Donald Trump mocked the former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Ronna McDaniel, for her firing by NBC days after being hired as a political analyst. “Wow!” the former president and presumptive Republican nominee, who ejected McDaniel from the RNC in favour of his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, wrote on his Truth Social platform. Related: Can NBC […]
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News cut ties Tuesday with former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel less than a week after hiring her as an on-air political contributor, a decision that came following a furious protest by some of its journalists and commentators. In announcing the decision in a memo, NBC Universal News Group […]
The former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel is on her way out of NBC less than a week after joining the network, NBC announced in a memo from NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde. Related: ‘Pretty bad’: NBC condemned by top US historian over role for Ronna McDaniel Conde said he had listened to […]
NBC News has scrapped its plan to make former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel an on-air contributor to its political coverage. “After listening to the legitimate concerns of many of you, I have decided that Ronna McDaniel will not be an NBC News contributor,” NBC News Group Chairman Cesar Conde said Tuesday in a […]
CAA, the agency that helped broker the recent deal that brought former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel to NBC News as a political analyst, has parted ways with her, according to a person familiar with the matter, as she wrangles with the media outlet over appropriate terms for an exit. McDaniel has been advised […]
NBC News is already planning to drop former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel amid on-air protests from the network’s hosts and pundits, according to Puck News’ Dylan Byers. “Execs are deliberating over details; announcement pending. Meanwhile, McDaniel is seeking legal representation,” Byers tweeted on Tuesday. “Ronna’s NBC tenure lasted less than a Scaramucci,” quipped […]
Ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech this month, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the quiet part aloud about MSNBC’s cheerleading for progressive politicians on the network’s “Morning Joe”: “I was going to say, I don’t think you guys need me,” she said with a laugh. “I was just listening […]
The Republican National Committee chair turned NBC politics analyst Ronna McDaniel “tried to disassemble our democracy” by supporting Donald Trump’s electoral fraud lies and should not be given such a media role, a leading historian said amid uproar over the appointment. “What NBC has done is they’ve invited into what should be a normal framework […]
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow opened her show Monday by urging NBC News to cut ties with Ronna McDaniel, the former Republican National Committee chairwoman whom the network hired as a paid political analyst. “The fact that Ms. McDaniel is on the payroll at NBC News, to me that is inexplicable,” Maddow said. “And I hope […]