CBS staffers miffed by hiring of Mick Mulvaney: report

Source: The Hill | March 31, 2022 | Dominick Mastrangelo

Staffers at CBS are upset with the network’s decision to sign former top Trump White House aide Mick Mulvaney as a contributor, according to a new report.

Several journalists working at the network spoke with The Washington Post this week and expressed dismay that Mulvaney, who served as former President Trump’s acting chief of staff and has attacked media outlets over coverage of the early days of the pandemic, is now on the network’s payroll.

“I know everyone I talked to today was embarrassed about the hiring,” one anonymous employee told the Post.

“Everyone is baffled,”  another said.

On social media, reactions across the journalism and political landscape were similarly critical.

“Embarrassed is exactly how everyone involved should feel about this, Mulvaney is a known liar who regularly attacked the press and also has massive conflicts of interest with anything CBS News would want him to talk about,” tweeted Matthew Gertz, a senior fellow at the left-leaning media watchdog Media Matters.

“Neeraj Khemlani should be canned,” added Post columnist Jennifer Rubin, referring to the co-president of CBS News. “Makes CBS even more marginal in news biz than it already is.”

CBS announced Mulvaney’s hiring on Tuesday, touting his experience in government. He previously served as director of the Office of Budget Management after a stint as a congressman from South Carolina. The company rolled out his debut out on its morning news streaming program.

“If you look at some of the people that we’ve been hiring on a contributor basis, being able to make sure that we are getting access to both sides of the aisle is a priority because we know the Republicans are going to take over, most likely, in the midterms,” Khemlani told employees working on the network’s morning show earlier this month, according to a recording shared with the Post. “A lot of the people that we’re bringing in are helping us in terms of access to that side of the equation.”

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