Money and morals. Psaki is just the latest to swap White House for cable TV
by Edward Helmore from US news | The Guardian on (#5Y10Y)
Summer switch to cable news likely to sharpen perception in America that both sides are just really in it for the money
The routine trafficking of political personnel in America to the nation's television networks hit a road bump last week after staffers at NBC News complained about White House press secretary Jen Psaki's rumor-as-fact plans to join the liberal news outlet MSNBC when she leaves her West Wing post this summer.
The clumsily handled move, previewed in a leak to Axios, triggered anger among journalists who said they feared Psaki's hiring would taint" the NBC brand and reinforce the impression, already well-established in opinion polls, that the news business in the US works hand-in-glove with political factions.
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