For the past week the best drama on NBC — apologies to Dick Wolf — has been in the news department.
On Friday, NBC News announced that it was hiring Ronna McDaniel, the former chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, as a political analyst.
By Sunday morning, Kristen Welker was grilling Ms. McDaniel on “Meet the Press,” after which the former host Chuck Todd told his successor on-air that their bosses “owe you an apology.” By Monday morning, the hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” condemned the hire.
This kind of full-on, on-air revolt was something else — because Ms. McDaniel’s hiring was something else.
The fiasco at NBC was in part a sign of how media outlets are struggling to cover politics in unusual times.
Persons:
Dick Wolf —, Ronna McDaniel, Kristen Welker, McDaniel, Chuck Todd, “, ”, Joe ”, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow
Organizations:
NBC, NBC News, Republican National Committee, “, Press
Locations:
MSNBC’s