About this episode
The hiring and firing of Ronna McDaniel at NBC News brought up mixed feelings for the staffers at The Dispatch . Sarah, Jonah, Steve, and David (French!) open up about their own complicated relationships with mainstream media, the problems with hiring partisans into newsrooms, and whether McDaniel is a good avatar for any of these questions. The Agenda: —Roles of ideological purity in media —The crew’s experiences at their respective news outlets — Steve’s behind-the-scenes insight into McDaniel’s Meet the Press interview —The changing definition of RINO —The lack of truthfulness in news outlets — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ballot-access dilemma Show Notes: — Meidas Touch article on Ronna McDaniel hiring — Vox hit piece on Sarah Isgur following CNN exit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices