NBC News Set To Give MASSIVE Payout To Ronna McDaniel Post-Firing, Potential Lawsuit On The Horizon

Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel could win a massive payout after NBC News cut ties with her following a revolt from network anchors and staff who refused to welcome McDaniel after being hired as a commentator last week. The staff's uproar at NBC and neighboring MSNBC proved to any conservative attempting to break through in the legacy media space that they are doomed to fail. 

McDaniel is reportedly expected to be paid out of her contract in full, which was supposed to be $300,000 a year for two years, meaning that her single appearance as a paid commentator on 'Meet The Press' on Sunday will net her $600,000. Making matters even worse for the network is the potential for a lawsuit, given the very public bullying that took place against her by her now-former colleagues. 

Following her hiring on Friday, multiple MSNBC and NBC anchors made public comments against Ronna McDaniel's hiring, with Joy Reid, Jen Psaki, Lawrence O'Donnell, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and Rachel Maddow all voicing their disagreement with the hiring decision, as reported by POLITICO. Most of the ire was aimed at McDaniel's support of 45th President Donald Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen. MSNBC host Nicole Wallace voiced her concern on Monday, telling her audience, "In this instance, NBC News is either wittingly or unwittingly teaching election deniers that what they can do stretches way beyond appearing on our air in interviews to peddle lies about the sanctity and integrity of our elections, which McDaniels did yesterday on 'Meet The Press.'...But what we have also said to election deniers is not just they can do that on our airwaves, but they can do that as one of us, as badge-carrying employees of NBC News. As paid contributors to our sacred airwaves."

McDaniel has reportedly acquired lawyer Bryan Freedman to potentially sue for damages. Freedman is the same attorney currently representing Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon, and Chris Cuomo in lawsuits against their former employers. NBCUniversal News Group Chair Cesar Conde announced McDaniel's firing on Tuesday in a message to network employees. 

"After listening to the legitimate concerns of many of you, I have decided that Ronna McDaniel will not be an NBC News contributor," Conde said. He added that McDaniel was hired "because of our deep commitment to presenting our audiences with a widely diverse set of viewpoints and experiences, particularly during these consequential times." That claim, however, is in direct conflict with Conde's action of firing McDaniel. Despite this, the NBC News executive said they would "continue to be committed to the principle that we must have diverse viewpoints on our programs, and to that end, we will redouble our efforts to seek voices that represent different parts of the political spectrum."

NBC News' treatment of Ronna McDaniel demonstrates that the inmates are running the asylum. Employees and anchors at various legacy media outlets have shown that opposing opinions simply will not stand in their organizations, and executives are often too weak to stand up against them. This uproar has played out several times in other outlets, with staff revolting against The New York Times after an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) was published, as well as a revolt against POLITICO executives after conservative commentator Ben Shapiro was allowed to publish a guest column. The treatment of McDaniel is part of a pattern that proves that the legacy media is blatantly biased against conservatives.

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