Posted originally on the CTH on March 27, 2024 | Sundance

As we noted yesterday, assuming the general termination clause in any employment contract exists, Ronna McDaniel is likely to get fully paid the terms of her 2-year previously signed contract amount as her firing was simply a breech by the hiring company, NBC.

Politico is reporting the former RNC chair is likely to receive exactly that.  Her two-year contract was for $300,000/yr totaling $600,000.

McDaniel was fired after one Meet the Press interview less than 20 minutes in duration.  Now she will likely get the full contract payment.

Politico – […] The ramifications of NBC’s decision yesterday to part ways with former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel just two days after her paid network debut on “Meet the Press” are just starting to shake out. But they could be expensive.

McDaniel expects to be fully paid out for her contract — two years at $300,000 annually — since she did not breach its terms, according to a person close to McDaniel. That means that her single, not-quite-20-minute interview Sunday could cost NBC more than $30,000 per minute, or $500 per second.

That might be just the beginning of the fallout following yesterday’s announcement from NBCUniversal News Group Chair Cesar Conde that the deal, first announced on Friday, would be canceled. McDaniel spoke yesterday with Bryan Freedman, renowned lawyer to the estranged cable-news stars, to discuss legal options even beyond recouping the dollar value of her contract.

While no arrangement is final, the person close to McDaniel said, Freedman would be an obvious choice: He represented Megyn Kelly in her own acrimonious parting with NBC, as well as ousted anchors Chris Cuomo, Don Lemon and Tucker Carlson in disputes with their respective former networks.

McDaniel, the person said, is exploring potential defamation and hostile work environment torts after MSNBC’s top talent — momentarily her colleagues — took turns Monday blasting her on air.

NBC declined to comment about the $600,000 figure or her potential claims. (read more)

It’s enough to make you wonder if this entire NBC fiasco was just a purposeful laundering of money for previous services rendered.

Instead of going the book deal route, McDaniel gets hired by NBC then fired without cause a few days later.

Cha-ching, $600k, and NBC gets all the eyeballs and clicks that go with the hot mess story.

Intentional?

You decide.

Suspicious Cat remains, well, suspicious…

Posted originally on the CTH on March 26, 2024 | Sundance

Last Friday, NBC announced they had hired former RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.  Today, after much backlash over her hiring, they fired her.

Assuming there is an ordinary and/or reasonable termination clause in her contract, Ronna likely just became one of the highest paid political/media personalities for 3-days of work.  Sheesh, what a hot mess.

WASHINGTON – NBC and Ronna McDaniel have severed ties following unprecedented internal backlash over the network’s decision to hire her as a political analyst, including top NBC personalities denouncing the move on-air.

“After listening to the legitimate concerns of many of you, I have decided that Ronna McDaniel will not be an NBC News contributor,” NBCUniversal News Group Chair Cesar Conde wrote in a message to employees. (read more)

Unrelated/Semi-Related story I forgot to mention earlier.  When I was recently flying out of Washington DC, I happened to be on a flight with dozens of former and current Intelligence Community bureaucrats – all from DC, and all heading to some kind of symposium.   On this flight you could watch television on your monitor, pick the channel and watch it (not a very long flight).

Every single one of the IC people from DC, including former Acting CIA Director Mike Morrell (see below), chose to watch MSNBC on their monitor.

I thought to myself, ‘this should indicate something.’  lolol But, I kept quiet and just read their emails, text messages, and whatever else I could see on their laptops