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Overnight, CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy reported that there’s a contingent of NBC News staff that are “troubled by and have expressed dismay” at MSNBC hiring Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki to host a show before she even left her post. And during Thursday’s Reliable Sources Daily on CNN+, host Brian Stelter expressed his honest surprise that the folks at NBC would have an issue with the obvious unethical move.
“I’m surprised there’s any concern about this to be honest,” Stelter declared. He was perplexed and suggested it was “obvious” by the extra letters they were different entities. “Everyone knows what MSNBC’s brand is, everyone knows what NBC News’s brand is. They’re two separate things. Is that not obvious to everyone?”
Darcy seemed almost confused that Stelter was taking that line of argument to defend this unethical use of the revolving door. “If you’re Chuck Todd, you’re hosting a show on MSNBC. If you’re Hallie Jackson or Andrea Mitchell or they’re hosting shows on MSNBC,” he noted of the crossover relationship between the sister networks.
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