Teri KanefieldOffering this free through my subscription:
"McDaniel was offered a more lucrative contributor contract after she agreed to appear on MSNBC and not just NBC News"
I may write about the irony of all of this for my weekend blog post.
DrSpiderMattThis is the problem right here:
"In a friendly call between Jones and McDaniel, the two spoke about the . . need to have differing views on the airwaves."
People don't need "differing views."
They need facts.
The way MSNBC presents "news" the facts gets lost in an avalanche of opinions, speculation, and conjecture.
They are making their viewers less informed and angrier.
The source is most likely McDaniels and her lawyers.
That doesn't mean it isn't true.
The Washington Post should have (and presumably did) vet whatever she said.
I want to know if anyone at NBC contradicts this.
The phone call was a one-on-one video call.
I wonder if McDaniel recorded that call.
MaybeMyMonkeys@Teri_Kanefield would you trust her not to
RMS06510@Teri_Kanefield I would guess the general rule among schemers & grifters is to record every call but claim that they didn't do so
wpieper@Teri_Kanefield Contradicts that Ronna was hired to represent differing views? Unlikely
Especially considering the content of NBCUniversal Group Chairman Cesar Conde’s memo states: “deep commitment to presenting our audiences with a widely diverse set of viewpoints and experiences”
Seán Fenian@Teri_Kanefield The whole point of facts is that they can be verified to be objectively true. Without that, all you have is opinions.
David Mitchell 
The idea that *your* ‘facts’ are just the opinions *you* believe are true is very widespread and poisoning our society… and ironically is an idea most firmly held by those who decry the slippery slope of ‘relativism’.
David: It's also dangerous. When people stop believing in facts is when authoritarianism can take hold.
Mike (no not that one)@Teri_Kanefield This is the real both sides issue. There may be one only side that is speed running towards authoritarianism, but the answer needs to be grounding in reality. Not trying to create an opposing reality distortion field and hoping it cancels out... Unfortunately I don't think that plays well into human confirmation biases.
peter honeyman@Teri_Kanefield this is so true and so important and so sad
Kenny 
@Teri_Kanefield this to me is cable news, period.
lupus_blackfur➕➕➕💯💯💯
This should be posted on the walls of media offices everywhere.
Anyone considering themselves a journalist should keep this top of mind for whatever remains of their career.
Thomas Lee ✅ 
@Teri_Kanefield in a fun hit of irony, we are watching Jennifer Aniston in The Morning Show. The series deals with news as factual vs news as entertainment.
Kevin Leecaster@Teri_Kanefield
There are not two sides to the truth.
There are not two sides to the truth.
Kenneth@GreenFire
Falsifiability matters. (I'm thinking of Poppert here.)
Nihl L'Amas@Teri_Kanefield Given how much the GOP lies about their own views, this wouldn't even be a way to do that. If a news outfit wants us to know what a gang of notorious liars thinks, we need to hear from a political historian who can tell us what these fascists actually do every time they win a seat.
Chris Ruigomez
helgenug"But perhaps the most striking and frightening aspect of the German flight from reality is the habit of treating facts as though they were mere opinions."
Hannah Arendt (The Aftermath of Nazi Rule - Report from Germany. In: Commentary 10 (1950), p. 342 (344); https://de.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hannah_Arendt)
Considering today's debating 'culture' I am tempted to add "... and mere opinions as though they were facts.".
Daniel Keppler, PhD@Teri_Kanefield It’s a sign of our consumer society: People spend most of their time not thinking but consuming stuff… including opinions in order to quickly make up their minds and be able to continue watching TV shows, games and video clips.
Julie Goldberg@Teri_Kanefield This is such a crucial distinction! We need to hear from people who have a range of views about policies and political philosophies. We don’t need a variety of views about what is and is not a fact.
The truth doesn't care about our needs or wants. It doesn't care about our governments, our ideologies, our religions. It will lie in wait for all time. And this, at last, is the gift of Chernobyl. Where I once would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask: "What is the cost of lies?"
~Legasov's voice-over, final scene of the mini-series Chernobyl
Troy PattersonAbsolutely. In education we need to help students understand how to evaluate facts. Far too many believe what the *want* to believe instead of what is true. As long as News organization support and hold up lies as options,we’ll fail to make progress. Democracy relies on people understanding and thinking.
I have so much respect for the professors of communication right now who are doing this. I was interviewed by one for my recent book.
Another told me that she regularly assigns The Outrage Industry so her students "understand what is happening."
The Yellow Journalism craze at the end of the 19th centrury ended with a new kind of publication.
I don't think that's the solution now. There are too many publications.
Ths solution is education.
🚎🏳️🌈Pollute_my_lungs@Teri_Kanefield MSNBC is Comcast propaganda.
Sean McCabe@Teri_Kanefield
"Less informed and angrier" is how networks want thier viewers. It makes them loyal viewers who become dependent on having their fears reinforced. Just look at how many legal experts are offering differing views on how TFG should be handled. Only one or two adhere to the facts of the cases.
"Less informed and angrier" is how networks want thier viewers. It makes them loyal viewers who become dependent on having their fears reinforced. Just look at how many legal experts are offering differing views on how TFG should be handled. Only one or two adhere to the facts of the cases.
Analog AI@Teri_Kanefield ... angry leads to more "engagement" (as in, more people watching the show longer; not as in, more people engaged with the political system).
FlowChainSensei@Teri_Kanefield WHOSE facts?
Robert Link@Teri_Kanefield Ms. Jones is a celebrity-crush of mine. Heartbreaking to hear of such poor judgment.
Olympia Indivisible@Teri_Kanefield Yes! Scream from the rooftops "We need facts!"
George W Harris@Teri_Kanefield Weird how their "differing views" don't include any Muslims or socialists
Cat West@Teri_Kanefield …they are in favor of outrage in the same way WWE promotes outrage. And for the same reasons.
ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘@Teri_Kanefield That leads to a bewildered population, not an informed one.
pcbeard@Teri_Kanefield that is the point of punditry. Inflame the audience in a kind of forever war, to boost ratings. I’ve got no time for it.
Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY"They are making their viewers less informed and angrier."
That's the business model of corporate news media in a nutshell; more informed viewers does not necessarily make for more profitable viewers.
Corporate media is there to make money, pure and simple.