When NBC canned Jeff Shell, they left a vacuum in the executive ranks. There's no one there now, doing what he did. Had Shell been there, this debacle never would have happened. Cesar Conde is in over his head and is too busy looking for his next step on the ladder to look after his current gig, which is the News Division. He's farmed out all the responsibilities for all the various parts to too many people and balkanized it, so no one has any kind of overarching vision for what the News Division is supposed to be.
Conde is too busy managing up to take care of what's right in front of him. The current chairman of NBC is just a placeholder and won't (or can't) assert himself and/or take real control over there.
I agree they need opposing voices, but they don't need liars, fabulists and election deniers.
If I ever see geraldo on the street I'm going to educate him on why Al Capone needed a vault and why he should have locked himself inside back in the 80s.
I imagine that she would start lying about NBC the minute she is fired and letting her in the newsroom would only lend a bit of credibility to her claims of blatant bias and anti-Trumpism.
This is like with Megan Kelly. They hired her for some ass reason and quickly found out that nobody liked her and she wasn't very good at the job. Getting rid of her was an expensive lesson.
NBC reverses decision to hire Ronna McDaniel after on-air backlash
Amid a chorus of on-air protest from some of the network’s biggest stars, NBC announced on Tuesday night that former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel will no longer be joining the network as a paid contributor.
People should listen to Maddow's whole speech, most of which was NOT about MSNBC hiring an insurrectionist for 300K. It is a real wake-up call for those who haven't been paying attention to what the Rs are doing.
I wonder if NBC could keep her under contract and just never put her on TV? It depends on her contract, of course, whether it has a guaranteed number of on-air times. What would be even cooler is if it had a no-compete clause, in which case she'd be effectively muted until her contract was over.
These are my thoughts also. They signed a contract with a fascist which shows my how far right the network has gone. I remember when MSNBC could be trusted for the most part and that ended when Olbermann was fired.
McRomney is trying her best Albert Speer and now wants to be accepted by mainstream society, as if 2016-21 never happened. She’s auditioning a lighter, softer form of election denial. She now offers that, yeah, Joe Biden “won,” but there were “problems” with the 2020 election. That’s the same BS all embarrassed conservatives do when they find themselves in the company of sensible people, they suggest vague things occurred that somehow justified the Big Lie strategy. They usually offer no example, or they either refer to something debunked, or to the handful of errors that happen with most elections. McRomney belongs on the Republican grift train working at a “think tank,” thinking about preposterous things, or at any of the PACs, institutes or wingnut tv networks conservatives end up when one career ends. But msm? I wonder if she’s more persona non grata in maga world than we even know.
The minute the words "problems with the election" came out of her mouth someone should say "No, there were not any problems. Unless getting fewer votes than the other guy is a problem. There is not a single shred of evidence to back up that statement."
Agree. I’m deeply offended and long past tired of republicans claiming the election wasn’t completely legit based on their “feelings.” It’s just what they believe. I suppose that’s what faith means, after all.
I'm just glad to finally see some pushback...Like BIG pushback...NBC is getting read for filth by their top performers...They would go belly up tomorrow if they lost Maddow or Lawrence or Scarsboro...
crossing my fingers this is the beginning of a trend...people have had enough...this isn't 'entertaining' anymore, its an existential emergency
Let's see if they have any power to wield. I thought I read Maddow is leaving when her contract is up. Don't know when that it but she said she has other things she wants to do. They clipped her wings some years back after they fired Olbermann. They've being going right since.
And even with a vast untapped underrepresented progressive and liberal viewer demographic on the left, they continue to fight over the remains of a dying right wing demographic. They will be competing with Fox News. And like the movie Highlander. There can be only one. That's how authoritarians roll
Unfortunately many of the million/billionaires are rwnjs and have the money to take the entire country as they have for the past several years. They own us all including the govt and the SC.
When NBC canned Jeff Shell, they left a vacuum in the executive ranks. There's no one there now, doing what he did. Had Shell been there, this debacle never would have happened. Cesar Conde is in over his head and is too busy looking for his next step on the ladder to look after his current gig, which is the News Division. He's farmed out all the responsibilities for all the various parts to too many people and balkanized it, so no one has any kind of overarching vision for what the News Division is supposed to be.
Conde is too busy managing up to take care of what's right in front of him. The current chairman of NBC is just a placeholder and won't (or can't) assert himself and/or take real control over there.
I agree they need opposing voices, but they don't need liars, fabulists and election deniers.
NBC executives are closet-oligarchs (in their minds) trying to impersonate woke media moguls.
If I ever see geraldo on the street I'm going to educate him on why Al Capone needed a vault and why he should have locked himself inside back in the 80s.
Jeez, thank the Lord for Rachel Maddow. She has the clout and the clarity and the courage to defeat the corporate bosses.
Ha!! She’s OUT!!! They did the right thing and I’m so confused by it!
I imagine that she would start lying about NBC the minute she is fired and letting her in the newsroom would only lend a bit of credibility to her claims of blatant bias and anti-Trumpism.
They could compensate by hiring Jules to interview her: "WHAT DOES MARCELLUS WALLACE LOOK LIKE?"
This is like with Megan Kelly. They hired her for some ass reason and quickly found out that nobody liked her and she wasn't very good at the job. Getting rid of her was an expensive lesson.
Thanks Rachel RRM is gone!
NBC reverses decision to hire Ronna McDaniel after on-air backlash
Amid a chorus of on-air protest from some of the network’s biggest stars, NBC announced on Tuesday night that former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel will no longer be joining the network as a paid contributor.
Gift linky: https://wapo.st/3IUcxAX
In related news: NBC executives rushed to hospital in critical condition from corncob-ification, quote "we're not pwned...we're not pwned..."
I just sang "corncob-ification" to the tune of Carly Simon's "Anticipation".
1/7 th a scaramucci. Conde said he takes full responsibility. Does that mean he resigns?.
thinking about Cards for Humanity, I would like to suggest "My overstuffed lips"
You know what they say - keep your friends close and your enemies on your payroll.
People should listen to Maddow's whole speech, most of which was NOT about MSNBC hiring an insurrectionist for 300K. It is a real wake-up call for those who haven't been paying attention to what the Rs are doing.
I wonder if NBC could keep her under contract and just never put her on TV? It depends on her contract, of course, whether it has a guaranteed number of on-air times. What would be even cooler is if it had a no-compete clause, in which case she'd be effectively muted until her contract was over.
These are my thoughts also. They signed a contract with a fascist which shows my how far right the network has gone. I remember when MSNBC could be trusted for the most part and that ended when Olbermann was fired.
I’m mad as hell and im not gonna take it anymore!!!!
- Howard Beale.
They've got Michael Steele, hired right after losing the RNC chairmanship. Maybe they thought Romney Mc would be more of the same.
McRomney is trying her best Albert Speer and now wants to be accepted by mainstream society, as if 2016-21 never happened. She’s auditioning a lighter, softer form of election denial. She now offers that, yeah, Joe Biden “won,” but there were “problems” with the 2020 election. That’s the same BS all embarrassed conservatives do when they find themselves in the company of sensible people, they suggest vague things occurred that somehow justified the Big Lie strategy. They usually offer no example, or they either refer to something debunked, or to the handful of errors that happen with most elections. McRomney belongs on the Republican grift train working at a “think tank,” thinking about preposterous things, or at any of the PACs, institutes or wingnut tv networks conservatives end up when one career ends. But msm? I wonder if she’s more persona non grata in maga world than we even know.
The minute the words "problems with the election" came out of her mouth someone should say "No, there were not any problems. Unless getting fewer votes than the other guy is a problem. There is not a single shred of evidence to back up that statement."
the soft soaping is much more dangerous because it SOUNDS more 'reasonable'
Agree. I’m deeply offended and long past tired of republicans claiming the election wasn’t completely legit based on their “feelings.” It’s just what they believe. I suppose that’s what faith means, after all.
Fuck their feelings.
Couple that with MSM normalizing the entire shit show this was bound to happen.
I'm just glad to finally see some pushback...Like BIG pushback...NBC is getting read for filth by their top performers...They would go belly up tomorrow if they lost Maddow or Lawrence or Scarsboro...
crossing my fingers this is the beginning of a trend...people have had enough...this isn't 'entertaining' anymore, its an existential emergency
Let's see if they have any power to wield. I thought I read Maddow is leaving when her contract is up. Don't know when that it but she said she has other things she wants to do. They clipped her wings some years back after they fired Olbermann. They've being going right since.
And even with a vast untapped underrepresented progressive and liberal viewer demographic on the left, they continue to fight over the remains of a dying right wing demographic. They will be competing with Fox News. And like the movie Highlander. There can be only one. That's how authoritarians roll
Unfortunately many of the million/billionaires are rwnjs and have the money to take the entire country as they have for the past several years. They own us all including the govt and the SC.