Was Ronna McDaniel just paid off for her years at the RNC where she managed to turn significant Republican election advantages into almost no wins? McDaniel was fired by NBC after one Meet The Press interview that lasted less than 20 minutes. Her two-year contract was for $300,000/yr. That totals out to $600,000.
Assuming the general termination clause in any employment contract exists, McDaniel is likely to get fully paid the terms of her 2-year previously signed contract since her firing was simply a breach of contract by NBC.
From Politico:
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.
Was this a golden parachute payoff for all her efforts at the RNC to not win elections?
From Sundance:
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…
Is this a new record for a one night stand?