WHY? WTF? NBC/MSNBC Hires Ronna McDaniel as Commentator

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The New York Times reported this morning that NBC has just hired ousted RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as their new political commentator for news shows on NBC and MSNBC.

Out of the tens of millions of Republicans in America, for some inexplicable reason, NBC has decided that Trump sycophant McDaniel is the best person to provide useful and insightful commentary heading into the 2024 elections. McDaniel became Chair of the RNC in 2017 after Donald Trump's election. Prior to that, she was the Michigan GOP Chair, and Trump praised her for his win in that state in 2016 over Hillary Clinton. After she became Chair, she stopped using her maiden name because Donald Trump couldn't stand her uncle Mitt Romney. Ronna dutifully complied.

McDaniel's tenure at the RNC can only be described, even by fellow Republicans, as a complete failure. On her watch, the Republican Party lost the presidency, 8 Governorships, 4 Senate seats, and 20 seats in the House. But some scions of privilege always seem to have soft landings on golden parachutes handed to them by their elitist friends, and nowhere is elitism on full display more than the incestuous world of network television.

But Ronna has a title - former RNC Chair, and the networks love sexy titles. In theory, they convey authority, knowledge, expertise, insight. However, the reason these networks continue to hemorrhage viewers is because this methodology for choosing commentators often results in people who provide far less insight than an average podcaster or social media junkie, with much more baggage, fewer fans, and a bigger price tag.

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/why-wtf-nbc-msnbc-hires-ronna-romney-mcdaniel-as-commentator

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. If the goal is to alienate patriots ie. liberals/democrats/progressives, mission accomplished.

Assume they figure there is more money in rightwing assholes.

[Caliman73]

2. BECAUSE the "Liberal Media" is not leftist, it is CORPORATE

This is a critique that people further left on the political spectrum have of "Liberals". While Liberals are SIGNIFICANTLY better than Conservatives, their continued embrace of Capitalism, leaves them open to this continued outflanking by the wealthy who DO NOT share the egalitarian impulses of Liberals and Leftists.

MSNBC employs many wonderful hosts who share a more left leaning perspective on news. Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, Chris Hayes, etc... do a lot of really good work. Their employer however is a for profit corporation which is a subsidiary of a much larger for profit corporation. While they have staked out a certain claim for a left leaning audience, they want MORE. They want Fox's audience too. They will hire any number of scumbags who have somewhat of a reputation to entice those viewers over and they do so knowing that there isn't much of a selection for people who are left leaning to go to get their news and opinion so they don't care.

Networks like Meidastouch may continue to make inroads but NBC continues to dwarf their audience in the meantime.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. I'd like to see her squirm if they put her next to Michael Steele.

[regnaD kciN]

4. Isn't MSNBC'a "mission statement"...

…to hire every never-Trumper conservative (including new converts) to demonstrate that they’re not too far left?

[CatWoman]

5. i'm still tripping on that

she is a proven liar and incompetent.

[FloridaBlues]

6. Maybe with such outrage she may not be on long!!!

[IcyPeas]

7. I just looked at her Twitter account. Still full of GOP biden bashing

She retweets all the GOP tweets.

Here's an oldie:

Link to tweet

https://x.com/RonnaMcDaniel

And she retweeted these: this is just a sample.

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[Cha]

8. Ronna chose TSF Over her Uncle Mitt. I don't like

Mitt but he's not a magat and unlike Ronna he knows TSF did NOT "win" in 2020.

She is one Sick Fuck herself.

[aocommunalpunch]

9. Simplest explanation?

They’re right wing and want more people to hear her message. The people in charge of these corporations are right wing. That’s it.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

10. Ronna Romney McDaniel is NO Michael Steele.

Not even cut from the same cloth.

While it has taken me many years to forgive him for the shit he pulled on Hillary Clinton, he sees that the Republican Party he once lead no longer exists. He knows the mechanics of how it all goes down. Lara Trump does not.

May the donors stay away, knowing that what they give is going directly to TSF. Like with him, the RNC is BROKE.

[Hugin]

11. Ronna has insights?

Hey, it’s all I’ve got.

On a side note, I’ve got insights too. Yet, there’s nobody pounding my door down to have me blather on the tee vee machine.