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Today’s Savannah Guthrie Jokes She’s Leaving NBC for CBS Amid Ronna McDaniel’s Firing: ‘Unpleasant’


Today’s Savannah Guthrie made an appearance on Stephen Colbert’s show and joked that she’s leaving NBC for CBS amid Ronna McDaniel’s chaotic firing.

Less than a week later, NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde announced in a memo to NBC staff that the network would be cutting ties with the former RNC chair and apologized to staffers who felt uncomfortable with her initial hiring as an on-air political contributor. Over the last few days, it has become clear that this appointment undermines that goal,” Conde wrote in the memo, before adding that he remained committed to including “voices that represent different parts of the political spectrum.” Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesA close friend of Ronna’s maintained that that RNC leader – who had stepped down from her role with the organization just two weeks prior – was not informed of NBC’s decision personally but rather found out via media reports.

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