the potted plant speaks... 
Posted on 12/15/2011 5:19:55 PM PST by presidio9
Hiring news rookie CHELSEA CLINTON for NBC’s “Rock Center with Brian Williams” has created an ugly behind-the-scenes backlash, insiders say.
The former first daughter is the focus of “intense jealousy” among the show’s female correspondents, including news veterans Ann Curry, Natalie Morales, Kate Snow and Meredith Vieira, sources say.
While the women are honored to work alongside anchorman Williams, legendary “Nightline” host Ted Koppel, former CBS newsman Harry Smith and NBC Sports anchor Bob Costas, “the daggers are out for Chelsea,” an insider told The ENQUIRER.
“Chelsea has been hired as a ‘special correspondent’ with no TV news experience whatsoever, and there’s the feeling that she didn’t pay her dues.
“In contrast, the show’s other ‘special correspondent’ is Ted Koppel, who has decades of news experience!”
To add insult to injury, it’s Chelsea – not the experienced female reporters on “Rock Center” – who seems to be the center of attention, added the source.
“Top network brass are giving Chelsea star treatment,” the insider divulged. “One woman groused, ‘If her last name wasn’t Clinton, she’d be Chelsea who? There are college interns here who have more TV experience than she does, but they’ll have to go out to a place like Cleveland for years before they’d even be considered for a network job in New York.’
“And another woman added, ‘When her mother Hillary was running for president in 2008, Chelsea refused to give interviews to the media, and now she suddenly wants to be one of us!’
“There’s the feeling that Chelsea is simply using the job to ‘brand’ herself for the future – whether she follows her parents into politics or something else.”
Whatever happened to the gig Chelsea got straight out of college with that high-end New York City bond fund manager’s operation?
the potted plant speaks...
The queen makers do not want to make her a queen. The powerful Clinton family begs to differ.
What has been seen cannot be unseen. OMG!
LMAO: At least they all know how she got the job.
They are 100% right, but there isn’t anything they can do about it.
NBC bought the name.
As if news readers need any special skills
Boy —isn’t that right. Al Sharptongue can’t even read.
It looks like Chelsea’s been rummaging through her mother’s wardrobe.
Obviously, neither Chelsea nor Jenna have very much self esteem if they can only aspire to be mainstream media whores.
I don’t see the problem. These women didn’t pay any other “dues” than spewing lies and venom about other people, mostly conservatives. Good for Chelsea’s rise to the top. Itll only help to bring down nbc and the others
Mister Ed is played by Bamboo Harvester, possibly the greatest name of an actor short of Dredge Rivers.
So what’s that all about? She names kardashian one of the ten greatest personalities of the year then trashes her. Kardashian should have reached over and pulled Barb’s bottom lip over her forehead.
God gave these looks, you say? Say "hello" to your "Gods" of where, Polynesia?
“And another woman added, ‘When her mother Hillary was running for president in 2008, Chelsea refused to give interviews to the media, and now she suddenly wants to be one of us!’
Chelsea was not running for president in 2008 Hillary was. Hillary should have been giving interviews.
Sorry, I had my apostrophe in the wrong place. Should have been Walters’s as in Barbara Walters.
I'd say they have every right to be pissed.
Jealous is a term by the network in order to stir up crap.
Now there’s an argument I can’t really quibble with!
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