The secret hirng by NBC of Joe Biden’s propaganda minister Jen Psaki hasn’t exactly been a good move for the DNC propaganda network. Apparently there have been some behind the scenes at NBC expressing outrage at hiring circle back Psaki. NBC’s Noah Oppenheim tried to smooth things over.
There have been plenty of questions and speculation surrounding the announced plan for White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki to depart from her position in May and take residence with MSNBC on their Peacock streaming service. Some of the consternation has been coming from inside NBC News itself, with many questioning the decision and how it reflects on their news outlet.
This internal debate has reached such a peak that CNN’s Oliver Darcy reported that the president of NBC News, Noah Oppenheim, called for a teleconference with the Washington D.C. bureau reporters to air out what was taking place. Darcy says he has inside sources who provided him with details of the call, giving a bit of a revealing look into the machinations of the news division. What Darcy did not intend is something else – he has also revealed some of the foibles involving himself and his own network.
First, the provided details. Oppenheim spoke to his reporters and stressed heavily that NBC News and MSNBC, though related, are completely separate entities, and that hiring and staffing decisions at MSNBC are entirely made on their own. Oppenheim detailed to them that he has no authority over MSNBC and had no role in bringing in Psaki, stressing that the lineups and broadcasts at the cable channel are in no way a reflection on the news operations at the broadcast network.
When things get revealing is in looking at the way it was detailed. Oppenheim reiterated that MSNBC’s opinion wing is not to be seen as reflective of the news side at NBC. What MSNBC was described as having was “perspective programming,” and that is an entity fully divorced from the NBC News division. Darcy gives us these specifics, but he in no way lends any further commentary or critique of the statement.