Dan Rather joins NBC-McDaniel fray, will ‘shred’ media credibility

By Paul Bedard

Published March 26, 2024 11:32am ET

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Dan Rather joins NBC-McDaniel fray, will ‘shred’ media credibility — FILE - Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel speaks before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. Former NBC News “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd criticized his network Sunday, March 24, 2024, for hiring former Republican National Committee head McDaniel as a paid contributor, saying on the air that many NBC journalists are uncomfortable with the decision. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Newsman Dan Rather, who knows personally about losing credibility, slammed NBC’s hiring of former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McD a niel, charging that her pro-Trump bias will erode the public’s trust in media.

“Allowing McDaniel to be in the same area code as NBC News is a huge mistake and will only further shred the small amount of trust Americans still have in the mainstream media,” Rather said on his Substack Steady.

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