Saturday, June 20, 2026

NBC News Angers Viewers with McDaniel Hire, Chuck Todd Eviscerates Network — on the Show! (Watch)

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What a morning for NBC News! They finally catalyzed their audience and united them — against the network. And then Chuck Todd showed backbone — on “Meet the Press” right after former RNC chairman Ronna McDaniel appeared as a new hire.

Fans of NBC and MSNBC are furious with NBC News for hiring McDaniel, a former Trump mouthpiece, to join the network. Social media is ablaze with anger and criticism. Viewers say they will tune out until she is gone. “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker’s lame interview with McDaniel didn’t help.

McDaniel said on the show that the 2020 election was full of “problems.” She’s still spouting pro-Trump, anti American crap, defending January 6th.

So Todd, in the following segment, spoke up. He was incensed. Many people wondered why he never showed such emotion when he was the anchor of the show!

MSNBC has already said McDaniel will not be allowed on their shows. But NBC faces a crisis with people like Lester Holt and the Today show. One announced McDaniel appearance could do irreparable damage.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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