NBC news correspondent Chuck Todd has slammed his own network for hiring former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as a political contributor while ignoring his own long-time anti-Trump left-wing leanings.
Todd, the former host of Meet the Press, who is now billed as NBC’s Chief Political Analyst, said in a tirade to his bosses about McDaniel’s hiring, “The issue isn’t about ideology, it’s about basic truth,” Todd claimed.
“Those trying to make this a left-right issue are being intentionally dishonest,” he charged. “This is about whether honest journalists are supposed to lend their credibility to someone who intentionally tried to ruin ours.”
The problem with Todd’s stance is obviously he has not looked in the mirror lately.
For decades, there has been a revolving door between the media, government, and politics. The transition from campaign worker or White House staffer to paid media talking head is a “well-grooved template,” Politico explained. It has been happening for decades, and both Republicans and Democrats are guilty of it.
And yet, Todd only stands on his soapbox of principles to lecture us about “credibility” and the “basic truth” when a pro-Donald Trump Republican becomes his colleague. Meanwhile, it’s just a typical day in the Acela Corridor when a Democrat jumps ship directly from the White House to NBC News.
Anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear knows the outrage is about ideology — McDaniel’s versus the corporate media’s — and that’s why no one believes Todd’s faux outrage, for example:
- “Absolutely amazing that Chuck Todd really believes NBC and MSDNC have journalistic credibility and ethics — when polls show Americans overwhelmingly hate and distrust them — and Democrats now view Chuck Todd and this sh***y network as some beacon of journalistic integrity,” journalist Glenn Greenwald said.
- “Given what you guys did with the Trump-Russia collusion nonsense and COVID, maybe your credibility deserves to be damaged. And you guys have perma-liar Jen Psaki and Simone Sanders, and whatever Obama press secretaries you had in the past. They spun and lied every damn day, but you didn’t mind hiring them, right?” radio host Ross Kaminsky said.
- “Chuck Todd has pushed the Russia collusion hoax for years. He has NEGATIVE credibility. This is hilarious,” commentator Mollie Hemingway said.
However, Todd’s seeming outage must have struck a chord with the equally hypocritical execs at NBC, who just reversed course and said they have decided to cut ties with the former RNC chair.
“There is no doubt that the last several days have been difficult for the News Group. After listening to the legitimate concerns of many of you, I have decided that Ronna McDaniel will not be an NBC News contributor,” NBCUniversal Group Chairman Cesar Conde said in an email to staff members on Tuesday, March 26.