Staffers at MSNBC and NBC News are threatening a walk-out on Thursday due to anger over layoffs.

MSNBC’s ratings are decent when compared to CNN, but you have to wonder how connected these layoffs are to poor performance and lost revenue.

It’s also ironic that staffers are staging a walk-out, like a bunch of college kids angry about a surprise exam.

The Hill reports:

NBC, MSNBC staffers threaten walk-out amid layoffs

Staffers at NBC News and MSNBC are planning a walk-out in protest of recent workforce cuts, their union says.

In a statement on Wednesday, the NBC Guild said nearly 300 workers plan to walk off the job on Thursday, saying the the broadcast giant has “repeatedly broken the law, disrespected the rights of its employees, and illegally terminated hard-working union journalists.”

“For three years we’ve done award-winning work without a contract that would secure fair pay, adequate raises, health & safety standards, dependable benefits, and a viable future,” the union said. “Management wants us to walk back to at-will status, but we’re only moving forward.”

The labor organization plans to hold a protest on Thursday morning outside 30 Rock, the network’s New York headquarters.

“We are disappointed by the Newsguild’s continued attempts to misrepresent the facts while we work in good faith with them to reach an agreement,” an NBC News spokesperson said in a statement to The Hill on Wednesday.

The Washington Free Beacon notes that Trump predicted this:

Trump Prophecy Befalls Another Media Outlet: NBC, MSNBC Layoffs Prompt Strike

Over 200 NBC and MSNBC employees are planning a 24-hour walkout Thursday in protest of the company’s decision to lay off unionized journalists, the Washington Post reported, confirming former president Donald Trump’s prediction that “all forms of media will tank if I’m not there.”…

NBC is far from the only left-leaning media company to undergo unexpected layoffs during Joe Biden’s presidency. The Post itself has begun eliminating positions after losing half a million subscribers since Trump left office, the Washington Free Beacon reported last month. CNN fired hundreds of staffers in December.

Trump foresaw this media landscape back in 2017: “Newspapers, television, all forms of media will tank if I’m not there.”

Is anyone going to notice?

Over 200 @NBCNews, @MSNBC, and @TODAYshow journalists are walking off the job tomorrow.

NBC has repeatedly broken the law, disrespected the rights of its employees, and illegally terminated hard-working union journalists. Enough is enough. pic.twitter.com/MMH0RNCD0G

— NBC Guild (@nbcnewsguild) February 8, 2023

Maybe if MSNBC and NBC put more focus into covering real news objectiveley, they wouldn’t have this problem.

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The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has revived its criminal investigation into Trump’s ‘hush payments’ to porn star Stephanie Clifford, AKA, Stormy Daniels.

Trump has been accused of paying Daniels ‘hush payments’ in a scheme to silence her and stop the story about their alleged affair from being published in the National Enquirer.

Trump has denied the affair.

House Democrats previously launched the inquiry into the hush payments ahead of the 2020 election cycle as a way to bog down Trump and slow down his 2020 re-election campaign.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s predecessor previously rejected the Trump ‘hush payments’ case because it wouldn’t stand up in court.

Fast-forward a couple years and now the Manhattan DA has revived the Stormy Daniel hush payments probe to counter Trump’s 2024 White House bid.

According to the New York Times, the Manhattan DA began presenting evidence to a grand jury last Monday.

The former publisher of the National Enquirer was seen walking into the building in lower Manhattan where the grand jury was meeting last week.

Now this…

Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen met with Manhattan prosecutors investigating the Stormy Daniels case on Monday.

Cohen previously claimed he was directly involved in helping Trump pay Stormy Daniels a $130,000 ‘hush payment.’

The New York Daily News reported:

Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen met with Manhattan prosecutors investigating his old boss for the 15th time Wednesday — as their probe into the ex-president continues.

“Their knowledge of this case is extraordinary,” Cohen said after leaving the lower Manhattan meeting. “They’re extremely well prepared.”

Trump’s former right-hand man declined to discuss specifics but said he suspects he’ll be meeting with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigators again soon.

His lawyer, Lanny Davis, described the conversation as thorough.

“The impressive part today was the thoroughness and detailed approach of this team of prosecutors. Mr. Bragg has said that this is being treated seriously by his team, and today, based on the questioning of Mr. Cohen, proved it,” Davis told the Daily News.

Cohen said he worked on the plot to pay off Daniels with National Enquirer boss David Pecker “at the request” of Trump. He said the Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc., was involved in another payout to Playboy model Karen McDougal. The New York Times reported that Pecker testified before a grand jury began hearing evidence against the former president last week.

Cohen, in his federal case, said he withdrew $130,000 out of his home equity account, then transferred it to an LLC to wire it to Daniels. He told the House Oversight Committee in February 2019 that Trump and his namesake real estate business reimbursed him incrementally with interest.

At issue is whether Trump directed the hush money for politically motivated reasons, constituting a campaign donation, without classifying it as such, sources say.

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