NBC To Cut Ties With Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel

NBC News will cut ties with former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel, hired last week as an on-air political contributor.  The decision was conveyed in a memo to staff from the top official of the network’s news division after a furious protest by some of its journalists and commentators. The move comes four days after the network said that McDaniel had joined as a paid contributor to offer political analysis. The response from journalists and others within the network was swift — and public. It’s caused many observers to question the network’s commitment to diversity of perspective in it’s on-air coverage.