Chuck Todd Blasts NBC On-Air For Hiring Ronna McDaniel
Free from the Republican National Committee’s shackles, newly minted NBC News contributor Ronna McDaniel made her first appearance on Sunday, a move former Meet the Press host Chuck Todd blasted the network for—while on air.
McDaniel made her first appearance on the network on Sunday’s Meet The Press, where she was pressed by moderator Kristen Welker about her personal stances on various issues—and where she once stood while RNC chairwoman. The interview was McDaniel’s first appearance on the network since NBC announced she would join as an on-air contributor ahead of the 2024 election, sparking anger by some within NBC over McDaniel’s past public allegiance to Trump and her past comments about the validity of the 2020 election.
“This interview was scheduled weeks before it was announced that McDaniel would become a paid NBC News contributor,” Welker said in an on-air disclosure. “This will be a news interview, and I was not involved in her hiring.”
McDaniel’s simple appearance on the network followed a wave of criticism both publicly and internally after NBC announced it had hired McDaniel to join as a contributor for NBC News and its platforms. MSNBC’s president told staffers it had no plans to host McDaniel on the network, according to The Wall Street Journal, less than a year after McDaniel criticized “MSNBC’s primetime propagandists” for not covering special counsel John Durham’s report sufficiently enough to her liking.
That public anger seeped into view on Sunday when former Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd, appearing on the show’s analysis panel, complimented Welker for conducting the interview despite an “impossible situation.”
"Our bosses owe you an apology for putting you in this situation," he told Welker.
Todd noted that he struggled believing McDaniel due to her “credibility issues,” speculating she may have chosen her answers carefully in fear of damaging her contract with the network. “There’s a reason why there’s a lot of journalists at NBC News uncomfortable with this,” he said.
Todd added: “You got put into an impossible situation, booking this interview, and then all of a sudden the rug was pulled out from under you, and you find out she's being paid to show up? It’s unfortunate for this program, but I am glad you did the best that you could.”
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