NBC Paid Chelsea Clinton $600,000 to Do Nothing, Basically

New York Magazine ^ | 6/13/14 | Joe Coscarelli

[jimbo123]

Former first child (now with child) Chelsea Clinton had a $600,000 annual contract at NBC News, Politico reports, where she served as a "special correspondent" and was deemed to be mostly useless, if not "one of the most boring people of her era." That deal is over now, but Clinton is still being paid by the network (which has also hired Luke Russert, Meghan McCain, and Jenna Bush ... ) on a month-to-month basis, with complicating factors including her pregnancy and the good odds her mother is running for president.

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That work included little of note, either journalistically or personally, despite Brian Williams admitting during Clinton's first appearance, "In the months to come, we want to hear about you and your life." (He added, as an afterthought, "We want to hear about the lives of the people you're going to highlight.")

But one time she interviewed the cartoon Geico gecko:

[napscoordinator]

Jenna Bush anyone????? The life of a first daughter.

[FlJoePa]

At least Jenna is hot.

[napscoordinator]

Maybe so, but she is more liberal than Chelsea.

[Fungi]

And now they want to promote her mother, The Hillary, who also has never done anything.

[Busko]

Runs in the family. Do nothing and get millions.

[Mark17]

Former first child (now with child) Chelsea Clinton had a $600,000 annual contract at NBC News, Politico reports, where she served as a "special correspondent" and was deemed to be mostly useless

It MUST be that white privilege rearing its ugly head again, or maybe it is just Chelsea rearing HER ugly head. Toss a coin. /s

[Puppage]

I don’t believe that for a second....actually, I don’t care. :-)

[molson209]

A Bribe for the future ?

[kiryandil]

It’s how the Left does “payola”.

[TexasFreeper2009]

funneling money through Chelsea for something Hillary did or will do, bet on it.

[Inyo-Mono]

With that kind of money, couldn’t she at least have loaned some money to her “dead broke” parents?

[napscoordinator]

I really don’t either to be honest....have a good one.

[NonValueAdded]

Cut her a break, her parents were flat broke

[Hoodat]

And now they want to promote her mother

They just promoted her mother with a $600,000 campaign donation that they get to write off against their corporate taxes.

[C210N]

her “dead broke” parents?

Her father seems to have fit into a new vocation of being an author...

[Steve_Seattle]

Chelsea did even better than Michelle Obama, who was only paid $300,000 for doing nothing in her “community outreach” job.

[Steve_Seattle]

I think I should contact NBC and tell them I’ll do nothing for $100,000, saving them $500,000.

[terycarl]

thank God that she got the 600,000 dollars, we now know that the Clintons were broke, even in debt as they left the White House...,.,.at least Chelsea wasn’t on food stamps!!!

[glasseye]

Webb Hubble must be so proud.