It’s difficult to succinctly summarize the disastrous state of affairs at the news division, given that multiple engines are failing simultaneously.
sand and refusing to dump McDaniel until after his top television personalities, including Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow, went on the air and excoriated the hire.
Ironically, NBC News’ attempt to make inroads with Republicans through the hiring of McDaniel has had the opposite effect.
On Wednesday, Trump spent part of the day ranting on Truth Social against the Comcast boss over the McDaniel disaster, characterizing Roberts as a weak leader whose employees are running amok.
I asked Comcast spokespeople on Wednesday if either Roberts or Cavanagh were taking any action.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
New York, Miami, Washington, MSDNC