NBC News on Tuesday reversed its decision to hire former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor, a senior official in the company told staff following high-profile dissent over her hiring by many at the network, Reuters reports.
McDaniel's hiring was criticized by multiple news anchors and on-air personalities, including those at NBC's liberal-leaning affiliate MSNBC, who condemned the former RNC chair for her involvement in former President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
"After listening to the legitimate concerns of many of you, I have decided that Ronna McDaniel will not be an NBC News contributor," NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde said in an email to staff.
"I want to personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down. While this was a collective recommendation by some members of our leadership team, I approved it and take full responsibility for it," Conde added.
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NBC News, part of the NBCUniversal division of Comcast had announced McDaniel's hiring last Friday and said she had a contract to provide insight and analysis on U.S. politics and the 2024 election.
McDaniel, in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" that aired on Sunday, said Trump had wanted her out of the RNC and said she did not think that those who carried out violence in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots should be freed.
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