(PM.) NBC News and far-leftist MSNBC ignited controversy after the making the announcement that former RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel would be coming aboard as an analyst. The outrage was so vivid that #BoycottMeetThePress began to trend on X after host Kristen Welker interviewd McDaniel about her career shift on Sunday morning.
Many liberal pundits were outraged over the decision and demanded that McDaniel be kept off MSNBC, the network’s liberal-leaning channel. Former MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann took to X to passionately denounce McDaniel’s hiring and to accuse NBC News of compromising its integrity. He highlighted McDaniel’s past criticisms of MSNBC hosts and questioned her credibility as an analyst.
“The person they hired to sh*t on the (admittedly damaged) reputation of NBC News denied the honesty of the 2020 election and called the company’s opinion hosts propagandists. #fireRonna” Olbermann said in a post on X.
The person they hired to shit on the (admittedly damaged) reputation of @nbcnews denied the honesty of the 2020 election and called the company’s opinion hosts propagandists #fireRonna https://t.co/7cZsEFZc82
— Keith Olbermann⌚️ (@KeithOlbermann) March 24, 2024
Olbermann also posted a screenshot of a 2023 post where McDaniel called MSNBC hosts “primetime propagandists” who pushed the “Russia collusion hoax.” Olbermann captioned this screenshot by saying, “This is the utterly dishonest fascist NBC News just hired and placed into rotation on MSNBC.”
This is the utterly dishonest fascist @nbcnews just hired and placed into rotation on @msnbc
And @maddow @lawrence and @chrislhayes are not only going to take the hiring of @RonnaMcDaniel – they’re going to take it quietly
I’m utterly ashamed of them pic.twitter.com/lXsxq9JDSZ
— Keith Olbermann⌚️ (@KeithOlbermann) March 23, 2024
Carrie Budoff Brown, head of NBC News’ politics and elections reporting, defended McDaniel’s appointment in a memo on Friday. Brown emphasized McDaniel’s perspective on national issues and the GOP.
