While this dog* may no longer infest the White House, she still have fleas and the fleas are all lover Thirty Rock. So why does no talent cub reporter have a chief of staff? From Micheal Hastings, BuszFeed:
Even high ranking company officials within NBC, according to sources at 30 Rock, weren’t that impressed with her. One senior staffer told colleagues after multiple meetings that Chelsea was going to be simply “terrible” on television. Upon her arrival, Chelsea was given a welcome bag, filled with NBC swag, 30 Rockers tell me. NBC’s David Gregory responded by jokingly asking: “Where’s my welcome bag?”
Gregory’s joke hints at the unprecedented level of special treatment Chelsea receives: she didn’t do live shots on her Rock Center debut; she gets chauffeured everywhere in a town car while others her age strap hang with the suckers in Gotham’s sewers; she has her own personal spokesperson; and she has her own chief-of-staff, Bari Lurie. (Lurie is to Chelsea what Huma Abedin is to Hillary: a fiercely loyal female aide and confidante, who logged over 7,000 miles with her during the 2008 campaign.) Other top talent at the network noticed that luxury: Lester Holt, Hoda Kotb, Natalie Morales, and Savannah Guthrie all share a single assistant. (An NBC spokesperson says, however, that Chelsea pays for her own chief of staff.)
Hat tip and more, Byron Preston, PJ Media:
She’s a Clinton, the same family that brought us the missing Rose Law Firm records and the bitten lipped, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Answering real questions is something only non-Clintons have to do.
But I doubt even answering those 90?s vintage questions will help the next gen Clinton connect. She seems to have gotten more of her DNA from icy mom than from Elvis dad.
NBC, meanwhile, knows what it bought in hiring Chelsea. It didn’t buy useful on-air talent, it bought access. And probably at a bargain price, all things considered.
We knew why Monica Lewinsky kept her position. So lacking even the apparent ability to a Lewinsky, why does Ms Clinton have her position? No film at Eleven.
[*] If comparing Ms Clinton to a dog offends you, I apologize to the dogs, the four legged ones.
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