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This is a really, really dumb take.
Ronna McDaniel was head of RNC for what - 7 years? People were rightly concerned about her performance.... particularly her reluctance to encourage early voting and legal ballot harvesting.

With MSNBC, she wasn't even given a chance. The on-air personalities decided to air their grievances very loudly, very rudely, and very publicly before she had even been on-air in her new role.

At least we know who runs the network.... as if there was ever any question. It isn't the president of the network.

You're arguing that someone who knowingly lied and advanced a criminal plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election result in Michigan should be "given a chance?"

Talk about a dumb take.

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Anonymous wrote:Election deniers don’t belong on tv.

This.

Ronna participated in the criminal activity attempting to overturn the election and had pushed the big lie for years.

She is a criminal and a traitor. This is about putting a criminal on air vs having problems with conservative opinions.

Please name a conservative who openly supports Trump that would be acceptable as an MSNBC talking head.

Find one that does not agree with denying election results.

This! Dissenting opinions are fine but endorsing a proven lie meant to steal an election and undermine faith in our democratic system is not okay. It should be a red line for everyone, regardless of political beliefs.

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Anonymous wrote:Election deniers don’t belong on tv.

This.

Ronna participated in the criminal activity attempting to overturn the election and had pushed the big lie for years.

She is a criminal and a traitor. This is about putting a criminal on air vs having problems with conservative opinions.

Please name a conservative who openly supports Trump that would be acceptable as an MSNBC talking head.

Find one that does not agree with denying election results.

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Anonymous wrote:Election deniers don’t belong on tv.

This.

Ronna participated in the criminal activity attempting to overturn the election and had pushed the big lie for years.

She is a criminal and a traitor. This is about putting a criminal on air vs having problems with conservative opinions.

Please name a conservative who openly supports Trump that would be acceptable as an MSNBC talking head.

Anonymous wrote:Election deniers don’t belong on tv.

This.

Ronna participated in the criminal activity attempting to overturn the election and had pushed the big lie for years.

She is a criminal and a traitor. This is about putting a criminal on air vs having problems with conservative opinions.

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Anonymous wrote:This has been brewing almost since she was hired by NBC, but it's official:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/media/nbc-news-ousts-ronna-mcdaniel/index.html

Gotta say that I find this heartening in a way. Actual journalists and reporters took a stand and won. Part of this era that's been so jarring is the total failure of the media to just say what's going on - sugarcoating the word "lie" forever, lapping up every crazy thing Trump did, treating the GOP like everything was normal. This is a step back towards some semblance of sanity.

They have actual journalists and reporters at NBC and MSNBC? No, just folks dedicated to the party line. Poor Ronna would have been in for a tough ride but the inmates got their way.

+100
This is the same network that promoted the Russian hoax for over 3 years.
And, now they scream "iNteGriTy?"

The reality is that their audience doesn't want to hear any opposing views. And, the hosts want to make sure they don't.

The audience is not interested in an opposing view that Biden did not win the election without a shred of credible evidence to back it up. If you want to listen to that nonsense, don't watch NBC.

MSNBC is an arm of the DNC. Can't have anyone who does not parrot the party line appearing.

While MSNBC is very liberal and supportive of the DNC, they are far less partisan that Fox News. MSNBC has Michael Steele as a regular commentator, has Joe Scarborough as a regular host daily and Nicole Wallace as a regular host.

Not that many, but still significantly more conservative voices than Fox has liberal voices.

The problem here is that Trump and MAGA have taken over the Republican party, and believe that conservative voices that oppose Trump are not Republican. There are still many conservatives who are anti-Trump and those voices are welcome at MSNBC. The Trump idolatry is the problem, not the lack of conservative voices.

The bolded is just laughable. Have you ever watched Fox?
Just a few of the regular Democratic contributors.....
Jessica Tarlov
Harold Ford
Marie Harf
Richard Fowler
Leslie Marshall

I could go on.... but, you get the point.
There is a reason Fox ratings are heads and shoulders above MSNBC. They actually value dissenting opinions.

Anonymous wrote:I've noticed that media narrative about how now that McDaniel is out at the RNC, the RNC is under total domination by Trump. A mere 2 weeks ago, McDaniel was a bulwark against Trump rule, according to the media and almost everyone here on DCUM. I disputed that, and was told I was wrong. Now you all agree with me. How interesting. So was the media lying then, or are they lying now?

I haven’t noticed this issue but I think the correct take is that even a completely obsequious McDaniel wasn’t enough for Trump and he chose to install the current team including his daughter in law instead.

Election deniers don’t belong on tv.

Anonymous wrote:

This is a really, really dumb take.
Ronna McDaniel was head of RNC for what - 7 years? People were rightly concerned about her performance.... particularly her reluctance to encourage early voting and legal ballot harvesting.

With MSNBC, she wasn't even given a chance. The on-air personalities decided to air their grievances very loudly, very rudely, and very publicly before she had even been on-air in her new role.

At least we know who runs the network.... as if there was ever any question. It isn't the president of the network.

I've noticed that media narrative about how now that McDaniel is out at the RNC, the RNC is under total domination by Trump. A mere 2 weeks ago, McDaniel was a bulwark against Trump rule, according to the media and almost everyone here on DCUM. I disputed that, and was told I was wrong. Now you all agree with me. How interesting. So was the media lying then, or are they lying now?

It’s like NBC learned nothing from the Megyn Kelly debacle. Their audience was never going to accept McDaniel. The NBC/MSNBC on air personalities did them a favor.

What you may not realize, people, is that network executives are usually CONSERVATIVE. They're wealthy, usually white, and not at all progressive!

To a conservative or independent, maybe hiring this woman didn't seem like a bad idea. They know election denialism is a big no-no, but there aren't many top-level GOP insiders who aren't, and have survived until now. The network execs were willing to trade the ethics for the big name.

How they got their behinds handed to them!
And rightly so.

Also, please note that the GOP is now doing the same thing in reverse: after the Lara Trump purge, it's now apparently requiring all new hires to say that the previous election was stolen...

When her brother was running for president, MSNBC showed every white man speaking(9 for 9) at the convention, but cut away from 7 of 8 minorities or women, all except Ann Romney.
They didn't want their audience to see all these speakers.