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  • "It couldn't be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna's on the team," wrote Carrie Budoff Brown, who oversees NBC News political coverage. "She will support our leading coverage by providing an insider's perspective on national politics and on the future of the Republican Party." NBC News already employs Republican commentators like Marc Short, who served as chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence ...
  • The veteran NBC anchor Chuck Todd publicly attacked the leadership of his own network on Sunday, questioning why NBC News hired Ronna McDaniel, the former chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, and declaring live on air, "There's a reason why there are a lot of journalists at NBC News uncomfortable with this." ...
  • He added: "So when NBC made the decision to give her NBC News's credibility, you got to ask yourself, 'What does she bring NBC News.'" ...

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      • Todd's comments on "Meet the Press," the flagship political show he anchored for nine years, were an extraordinary escalation of behind-the-scenes tensions simmering within NBC News and its cable cousin, MSNBC, since the announcement on Friday that Ms. McDaniel had been brought onboard as a political analyst. ...
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      • "It couldn't be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna's on the team," wrote Carrie Budoff Brown, who oversees NBC News political coverage. "She will support our leading coverage by providing an insider's perspective on national politics and on the future of the Republican Party." NBC News already employs Republican commentators like Marc Short, who served as chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence ...
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      • The veteran NBC anchor Chuck Todd publicly attacked the leadership of his own network on Sunday, questioning why NBC News hired Ronna McDaniel, the former chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, and declaring live on air, "There's a reason why there are a lot of journalists at NBC News uncomfortable with this." ...
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      • . He added: "So when NBC made the decision to give her NBC News's credibility, you got to ask yourself, 'What does she bring NBC News.'" ...
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      • McDaniel "has credibility issues" and went on, "There's a reason why there are a lot of journalists at NBC News uncomfortable with this, because many of our professional dealings with the R.N.C. over the last six years have been met with gaslighting, have been met with character assassination.". ...
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      • Ms. McDaniel is only the latest leading Republican to sign a deal with a network; Reince Priebus, for instance, who served as Mr. ...
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      • . In her interview on Sunday with Ms. McDaniel, Ms. Welker pressed the former Republican leader on whether she believed that President Biden had legitimately won the 2020 presidential election ...
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      • He added: "So when NBC made the decision to give her NBC News's credibility, you got to ask yourself, 'What does she bring NBC News.'". . Reached by telephone on Sunday, Ms. McDaniel declined to comment.. . The path from Washington politics to an on-air analyst role is well-worn. ...
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      • "She will support our leading coverage by providing an insider's perspective on national politics and on the future of the Republican Party." NBC News already employs Republican commentators like Marc Short, who served as chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence.. . In her interview on Sunday with Ms. McDaniel, Ms. Welker pressed the former Republican leader on whether she believed that President Biden had legitimately won the 2020 presidential election ...
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      • "I'm going to push back a little because I do think it's fair to say there were problems in 2020 and to say that does not mean he's not the legitimate president," Ms. McDaniel replied.. . Symone D. Sanders, a former chief spokeswoman for Vice President Kamala Harris who is now an anchor on MSNBC, later praised Ms. ...
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      • Welker pressed the former Republican leader on whether she believed that President Biden had legitimately won the 2020 presidential election. ...
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      • In her interview on Sunday with Ms. McDaniel, Ms. Welker pressed the former Republican leader on whether she believed that President Biden had legitimately won the 2020 presidential election. ...
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      • "I'm going to push back a little because I do think it's fair to say there were problems in 2020 and to say that does not mean he's not the legitimate president," Ms. McDaniel replied.. . Symone D. Sanders, a former chief spokeswoman for Vice President Kamala Harris who is now an anchor on MSNBC, later praised Ms ...
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