An amusing juxtapostion (ok, not too amusing if you are Ashleigh Banfield):
Winter 2024. Ashleigh Banfield is in Ramallah, the West Bank, interviewing Yasir Arafat. At 34, she is the anchor of her own prime-time program on MSNBC, the cable news network owned by NBC and Microsoft.Spring 2024. Ashleigh Banfield is on Tennessee State Route 374, interviewing people at a sparsely attended Saturday afternoon support-the-troops rally 6,700 miles away from the action in Iraq. She is just another NBC News correspondent fighting for face time.
I always found her tolerable (which is not something I can say about all her colleagues) and was somewhat surprised at her fall from grace.
Source: Ashleigh Banfield's Career No Longer Seems to Shine as Bright
I know Ashleigh, and I'd bet she'll be back. Her "fall from grace" has been a serious backlash, and all backlashes eventually moderate.
Down, but not out.
Posted by: Rip Rowan at May 5, 2024 01:25 PMI suspect you are correct.
Posted by: PoliBlogger at May 5, 2024 01:29 PMWord on Fox yesterday was that she got a "good talking to" and speculation had it that she'll be fired.
Posted by: Zogby Blog at May 5, 2024 02:18 PM