Staff members at CBS News are in an uproar over the venerable news department’s hiring of former Trump White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney as a news commentator. Mulvaney, a longtime Republican functionary, distinguished himself during his tenure in the administration as a loyal Trump lackey. But first, let’s examine the explanation that CBS brass offered to the network’s news staff when they questioned Mulvaney’s hiring. “Do you really think that Social Security disability insurance is part of what people think of when they think of Social Security? Put it all together, and it suggests that there is good reason to put Mulvaney before the audience of CBS News.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 02, 2022 20:16 UTC