Ex-Fox News Star Lands at NBC News After Quitting Over Tucker Carlson

[babylonsister]

An endorsement from Chuck Todd?

Ex-Fox News Star Lands at NBC News After Quitting Over Tucker Carlson
FROM FOX TO PEACOCK
The news of the prominent Iraq War booster landing at NBC was met with some criticism from those who remember his false claims about Hussein and al Qaeda.
Zachary Petrizzo
Media Reporter
Published Jan. 28, 2022 3:00PM ET


Months after Stephen Hayes quit Fox News over Tucker Carlson’s conspiratorial rhetoric about the Jan. 6 riots, the conservative author and pundit has landed at NBC News.

“I’ve known and worked with Steve Hayes on and off for nearly 25 years,” Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd said in a Friday morning statement announcing Hayes’ new role as a network contributor. “He is a principled reporter and analyst who always puts truth and facts above emotion and sentiment.”

Hayes was a Fox News contributor for 12 years and was once a writer for the now-defunct Weekly Standard before co-founding The Dispatch, a center-right website offering an anti-Trump alternative for conservative audiences. He will make his first appearance as an NBC contributor on Sunday morning during Meet the Press, a show on which he has frequently appeared in years past.

Hayes did not immediately respond to The Daily Beast’s request for additional comment on his new job.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-fox-news-star-stephen-hayes-lands-at-nbc-news-after-quitting-over-tucker-carlson?ref=home

[Emile]

1. I don't think much of Chuck Todd either! Both have bloated ego's

and they both suck!

[Mike Nelson]

2. Hmm...

... not a big name. I guess Chuck Todd's recommendation is valued? I remember much was made of Rachel Maddow and Greta Van Sustran being very close friends. I had no idea they were so close... it didn't help Greta, though.

[sop]

3. "Principled reporter and analyst who always puts truth and facts above emotion and sentiment."

So, the guy toes the company line at FOX News for twelve years, then Tucker Carlson's lies about Trump's failed coup made him see the light? How very principled!

[Midnight Writer]

4. Stephen Hayes is as loony as any wingnut, he just presents himself with more skill.

The difference between an establishment conservative and a MAGA is a nice suit and proper grammar.

[bullwinkle428]

5. Right on the verge of a potential war in Europe. How convenient.

[Generic Brad]

6. He has the star power of a dim bulb

I'l be watching Hayes - NOT!