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A12 PEOPLE & ARTS
Thursday 14 april 2022

Psaki rumors, Mulvaney hire at CBS

News trouble journalists

At least until the situation
becomes clearer, NBC
News journalists are put in
the uncomfortable position
of having professional con-
tact with someone who
may soon become a col-
league.
NBC White House corre-
spondent Kristen Welker
asked Psaki about her sta-
tus at a recent White House
briefing, saying “is it ethical
for you to keep conducting
this job while negotiating
with a media outlet?”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press Without confirming or de-
briefing at the White House in Washington on March 9, 2022, left,
and then White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney addresses nying those talks, Psaki
the media at the White House on Oct. 17, 2019. said she had already gone
Associated Press “over and above” stringent
ethical requirements. Welk-
By DAVID BAUDER illustrates some of the pres- er followed up twice, ask-
NEW YORK (AP) — The hir- sures many journalists feel ing “how can you be an
ing of non-journalists as under, said Mark Whitaker, effective briefer if you do,
contributors to television a former executive at NBC in fact, have plans to join a
news organizations isn’t News, CNN and News- media outlet?”
new. Far less common is week. They already work Psaki said she has taken
seeing pushback to such in a hyper-partisan time steps to make sure there is
decisions from journalists and face accusations of no conflict. While the situ-
working there, as has hap- promoting “fake news,” he ation is still in flux, CNN re-
pened recently at CBS and said. ported that she is not ex-
NBC News. “There’s a feeling of ‘this pected to do any on-cam-
Discontent emerged over just makes our job harder era interviews with NBC
CBS’ hiring of former Trump when we’re under attack News or MSNBC personnel,
administration official Mick anyway,’” Whitaker said. and won’t be involved in
Mulvaney as a commenta- Each case is more complex decisions about booking
tor and discussions about than rubbing elbows at the administration officials on
current White House press water cooler with a parti- the networks.
secretary Jen Psaki working san. Oppenheim declined an
at MSNBC when her time in Neither MSNBC nor Psaki opportunity to discuss the
the Biden administration is have publicly confirmed issue, through a spokes-
through. their talks about a role man. CBS News said Mul-
In both cases, journalists there. MSNBC has already vaney’s signing was part of
have been quiet publicly hired Symone Sanders, for- the network’s buildup of its
about their concerns over mer chief spokeswoman roster of contributors in ad-
the decisions. Because of for Vice President Kamala vance of the 2022 midterm
concern about Psaki which Harris, for a job that be- and 2024 presidential elec-
has raised ethical issues for gins in May. NBC News has tions. q
the press secretary NBC taken pains to draw distinc- Blue residences
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