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https://nypost.com/2019/03/30/journ...-boss-used-menacing-tone-to-advocate-for-dnc/
"An NBC News managing editor attempted to “bully” a freelance journalist into delaying a story as a favor to the Democratic National Committee, the reporter claims.
Yashar Ali alleged in a series of tweets that Dafna Linzer, who oversees political coverage at NBC and MSNBC, pushed him — “in a menacing tone,” he claimed — to hold off on publishing an item about the dates of the DNC’s first presidential debates, asking him to give the party time to notify its state committees.
“The head of all political coverage for NBC News and MSNBC wasn’t calling to advocate for her network, she was calling to advocate the DNC’s position,” Ali tweeted Friday."
"An NBC News managing editor attempted to “bully” a freelance journalist into delaying a story as a favor to the Democratic National Committee, the reporter claims.
Yashar Ali alleged in a series of tweets that Dafna Linzer, who oversees political coverage at NBC and MSNBC, pushed him — “in a menacing tone,” he claimed — to hold off on publishing an item about the dates of the DNC’s first presidential debates, asking him to give the party time to notify its state committees.
“The head of all political coverage for NBC News and MSNBC wasn’t calling to advocate for her network, she was calling to advocate the DNC’s position,” Ali tweeted Friday."