Beginning Tuesday he will offer commentary and analysis across the Nexstar network’s daytime and primetime programming, including the new political ensemble program, The Hill, and special election and political coverage.
Stop Hiring Flaks To Do The Work Of Journalists
MSNBC’s decision to bring Jen Psaki onto its network isn’t much better than CBS hiring Mick Mulvaney.
Discontent emerged over CBS’s hiring of former Trump administration official Mick Mulvaney as a commentator and discussions about current White House press secretary Jen Psaki working at MSNBC when her time in the Biden administration is through.
The Galling Cynicism Of CBS News Hiring Mick Mulvaney
“Access journalism” takes the media to dangerous places when one side of the aisle is turning against democracy.
CBS News’s decision to hire former Trump administration official Mick Mulvaney as a paid on-air contributor is drawing backlash within the company because of his history of bashing the press and promoting the former president’s fact-free claims. But a top network executive seemed to lay the groundwork for the decision in a staff meeting earlier this month, when he said the network needed to hire more Republicans to prepare for a “likely” Democratic midterm wipeout.
A CBS News staffer says that while outrage in the network hasn’t matched what has been seen outside, Mulvaney should have been more clearly ID’d in his first CBS appearance.
