Want to turn now to an update from NBC News.
NBC News leadership has announced that former RNC Chair Ronna
McDaniel will not be an NBC News contributor.
We have a new e-mail and update that's come out
just within this hour.
So this is sort of breaking news here within our
organization on a story that has garnered significant attention and
criticism.
And what I'm going to do now,
to be very clear, is read the entire update from
NBC Universal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde,
he has written in this new e-mail quote.
There's no doubt that the last several days have been
difficult for the News Group.
After listening to the legitimate concerns of many of you,
I have decided that Ronald McDaniel will not be an
NBC News contributor.
He goes on to write that no organization,
particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and
alive.
Over the last few days,
it has become clear that disappointment undermines that goal.
The news chairman continues to say,
quote, I want to personally apologize to our team members
who felt we let them down.
While this was a collective recommendation by some members of
our leadership team,
I approved it and take full responsibility for it,
says Cesar Conde, the chairman.
He explains, Quote. Our initial decision was made because of
our deep commitment to presenting our audiences with a widely
diverse set of viewpoints and experiences,
particularly during these consequential times And then.
In closing, this message, which again is brand new,
we're airing it for the first time here on MSNBC
having come out this hour quote.
We 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.
End Quote, if you watch MSNBC,
as you probably do if you're listening to me right
now,
or you follow news media and politics,
this has been a roiling debate since that initial announcement
was made on Friday.
Many people have weighed in,
and now the news chairman says in response to.
The legitimate criticism, including on this channel.
Miss McDaniel will not be a contributor here.
That is the NEWS UPDATE.