March 31, 2024 6:30 am

NBC’s Ronna McDaniel Uproar Was Never about Journalistic Integrity

Only the cool kids determine who can sit at their table.

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Then-Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel speaks to the audience before the start of the second Republican candidates’ debate of the 2024 presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., September 27, 2023.

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Once you understand that the legacy press is essentially a high-school cafeteria with strict clique enforcement, the things that upset corporate journalists make a lot more sense.

The “outrages” rarely, if ever, concern journalistic integrity and are usually mere violations of tribal purity.

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Becket Adams

Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and The Hill.

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Once you understand that the legacy press is essentially a high-school cafeteria with strict clique enforcement, the things that upset corporate journalists make a lot more sense.

The “outrages” rarely, if ever, concern journalistic integrity and are usually mere violations of tribal purity.