For the first time in a long time, somebody in the media was on your side.

And that's why Megan Kelly's so upset and Ari Fleischer and Hugh Hewitt and all the rest of the people who got in line, stayed in line,

and will tell you that red is blue and blue is yellow, whatever it is,

that can get them a buck.

But at NBC News, something extraordinary happened.

A group of people did not get in line.

They stood tall.

And that matters a lot.

This is the warning, the chairman of NBC News.

Cesar Konda has released a statement,

taking full responsibility,

accepting accountability,

and severing his news network's ties

with the former RNC chairwoman

and his briefly lived colleague, Rana McDaniel.

Here is what Cesar Konda said.

There is 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 Ronna McDaniel will not

be an NBC news contributor. The criticism from the newsroom was more than just understandable,

of course. It was righteous. It was indignant. It was a just revolt. It was a declaration

that integrity matters, that the standards of the network matter.

They're real.

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