Wasserman-Schultz Held Secret Meeting With MSNBC Chief
To Fix ‘Frayed Relationship’
by Neil W. McCabe 24 Jul 2016Washington
The chairwoman of the Democratic
National Committee met with MSNBC’s
top executive to ally the channel to the Democratic Party, according to a May 2
email from the 20,000 emails exposed by the Wikileaks site.
“Our relationship with NBC/MSNBC is severely frayed given what they
perceive as a snub with the last debate, and CNN getting favored
treatment,” wrote DNC Communications Director Luish Miranda, in a “DNC Communications
Briefing” May 2 email to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D.-Fla.), who has
led the DNC for more than five years.
Phil Griffin, the president of the news channel, “may
raise that concern, and ideally we could lower the temperature and seek common
ground,”
Miranda described to the Florida congresswoman the goals
for the May 3 meeting of the two leaders in Griffin’s office from 10 a.m., to
10:30 a.m.
“This is an opportunity to say hello and touch base on
the timing and setting for a voting rights town hall (agreed to during the NH
debate negotiations); and to stress that we want to have greater collaboration
with their team on having the
Democratic Party represented on their shows,” he wrote.
Miranda told Wasserman Schultz to talk about Mika Brzezinski,
the left-wing co-host of the channel’s Morning Joe program.
Brzezinski, who once on-air tried to set a script on fire, instead of
reading it, had been a reliable voice for the Democratic Party and liberalism.
But, during the primary fight between Sen. Bernie Sanders (D.-Vt.) and former
first lady Hillary Clinton, Brzezinski became a constant critic of Clinton
and of Wasserman Schultz–in fact, she called for the DNC
chairwoman to resign because of DWS’s seeming alliance with
Clinton.
“While Mika won’t be there, you should point out that
you’re reaching out to re-engage with her,” he wrote.
Another one of Miranda’s concerns he prepped the
congresswoman on was that as MSNBC struggled with ratings and Griffin himself
struggled to keep his job, Democrats were getting squeezed off the air.
“MSNBC has largely moved to having their contributors and
talent do most of the on-air commentary and we don’t get many opportunities to
have the Party represented,” he wrote.
“There had been stories suggesting that MSNBC was in
turmoil last year, and they underwent a major shift on programming. There had
been rumors that Griffin was going to be fired. However, internal sources
suggest he is fine and not going anywhere and MSNBC has seen a significant
improvement over last year in ratings.”
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie
Wasserman Schultz was chair (rescinded) for the 2016 Democratic National Convention, is the chair for the Democratic National Committee (DNC),
and a friend of Gabrielle Giffords.
Note: Gabrielle
Giffords is a friend of Debbie
Wasserman Schultz, a speaker at the 2016
Democratic National Convention, a co-founder for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, an advisory board member for
the Center for National Policy, and
an advisory board member for the Truman
National Security Project.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Madeleine K. Albright
was the president of the Center for
National Policy, Zbigniew Brzezinski’s
dissertation adviser at Columbia, is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, an
overseer at the International Rescue
Committee, and a member of the Bretton
Woods Committee.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue
Committee.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society,
is a member of the Bretton Woods
Committee, and a board member for the International
Crisis Group.
Tom
Brokaw is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and was an anchor for the NBC Nightly
News.
Harold E. Ford Jr.
was an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, is a political commentator at MSNBC, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think
tank).
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE
Campaign.
Michelle Obama was
an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was an advocate for the ONE
Campaign, and a contributor for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Morning Joe is an
MSNBC program.
Mika Brzezinski
is a co-host for Morning Joe, and Zbigniew Brzezinski’s daughter.
Zbigniew
Brzezinski is Mika Brzezinski’s
father, a member of the Bretton Woods
Committee, was a board member at the International
Crisis Group, and Madeleine K.
Albright was his dissertation adviser at Columbia.
Madeleine K. Albright
was Zbigniew Brzezinski’s
dissertation adviser at Columbia, the president of the Center for National Policy, is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, an
overseer at the International Rescue
Committee, and a member of the Bretton
Woods Committee.
Gabrielle
Giffords is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, a
speaker at the 2016 Democratic National
Convention, a co-founder for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions, and a friend of Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Debbie
Wasserman Schultz is a friend of Gabrielle
Giffords, the chair for the Democratic
National Committee (DNC), and was chair (rescinded) for the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
R. Hunter Biden is
a director at the Center for National
Policy, a director at the Truman
National Security Project, and Joseph
R. Biden Jr’s son.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
is R. Hunter Biden’s father, the vice
president for the Barack Obama
administration, and a speaker for the 2016
Democratic National Convention.
Michelle Obama is
a speaker at the 2016 Democratic
National Convention, the first lady for the Barack Obama administration, and was an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE
Campaign.
Tom
Brokaw is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and was an anchor for the NBC Nightly
News.
Harold E. Ford Jr.
was an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, is a political commentator at MSNBC, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think
tank).
Michael R.
Bloomberg was an advocate for the ONE
Campaign, a contributor for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions, and is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Cory A. Booker is
a director at the Bloomberg Family
Foundation, a U.S. Senate senator,
and a speaker at the 2016 Democratic
National Convention.
Howard
Dean was a speaker at the 2016
Democratic National Convention, and a frequent guest on Morning Joe.
Morning Joe is an
MSNBC program.
Mika Brzezinski
is a co-host for Morning Joe, and Zbigniew Brzezinski’s daughter.
Zbigniew
Brzezinski is Mika Brzezinski’s
father, a member of the Bretton Woods
Committee, was a board member at the International
Crisis Group, and Madeleine K.
Albright was his dissertation adviser at Columbia.
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