As NBC News decides what to do about its newest on-air contributor, Ronna McDaniel, the former Republican National Committee chair has been dropped by CAA, the agency that repped her in the deal with the network, sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter.
“It couldn’t be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna’s on the team,” NBC News senior VP of political Carrie Budoff Brown said of her hire at the time.
But the move was extremely controversial within the NBC News Group, with former Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd voicing concerns on Sunday’s show just minutes after the interview ran.
Those public concerns continues on Monday, where one MSNBC host after another called for executives to reconsider the move, including Joy Reid, Nicolle Wallace, and Lawrence O’Donnell.
“To be clear, we believe NBC News should seek out conservative Republican voices to provide balance in their election coverage,” Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzeznski said.
“But it should be conservative Republicans, not a person who used her position of power to be an anti-democracy election denier, and we hope NBC will reconsider its decision.
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As NBC News decides what to do about its newest on-air contributor, Ronna McDaniel, the former Republican National Committee chair has been dropped by CAA, the agency that repped her in the deal with the network, sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter.
“It couldn’t be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna’s on the team,” NBC News senior VP of political Carrie Budoff Brown said of her hire at the time.
But the move was extremely controversial within the NBC News Group, with former Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd voicing concerns on Sunday’s show just minutes after the interview ran.
Those public concerns continues on Monday, where one MSNBC host after another called for executives to reconsider the move, including Joy Reid, Nicolle Wallace, and Lawrence O’Donnell.
“To be clear, we believe NBC News should seek out conservative Republican voices to provide balance in their election coverage,” Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzeznski said.
“But it should be conservative Republicans, not a person who used her position of power to be an anti-democracy election denier, and we hope NBC will reconsider its decision.
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