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.
This 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.
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”
