Yet the idea of building rosters of paid political contributors took off with cable news.
MSNBC, CNN and Fox News Channel are, in large part, political talk channels and seek experts to help fill the time.
Being on call to opine can be lucrative work; several reports had NBC agreeing to pay McDaniel $300,000 a year.
Even NBC News, whose MSNBC cable outlet appeals to liberals, has more than a dozen Republican contributors.
John Kasich and Bulwark founder Charlie Sykes — either predate Trump in their active political work or oppose him, or both.
Persons:
—, Ronna McDaniel, Donald Trump, McDaniel, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, Cesar Conde, ”, Mark Whitaker, Shana Alexander, James Kilpatrick's, George Stephanopoulos, Tim Russert, Michael Steele, John Kasich, Charlie Sykes —, MAGA, Reince Priebus, Mick Mulvaney, Mulvaney, Priebus, Tom Bossert, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Trump, David Urban, Mark Esper, Griffin, Mike Pompeo, Alex Conant, Mark Lukasiewicz, ” Lukasiewicz, “, Jay Rosen, NBC's Conde, McDaniel didn't, Joe ”, Mika Brzezinski, That's, ” Conant, Brian Roberts, Conde, Rebecca Blumenstein, Rashida Jones, Carrie Budoff Brown, Jones, Margaret Sullivan, ___ David Bauder
Organizations:
NBC News, Republican National Committee, GOP, Republican, NBC Universal, MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, NBC, RNC, Ohio Gov, Trump, CBS, ABC News, Trump Homeland Security, Networks, Hofstra, “ Journalists, New York University, ” Networks, Republicans, Comcast, Washington Post, Center for Journalism, Columbia University, Guardian, Associated Press
Locations:
Washington, MSDNC