White House press secretary Jen Psaki has reportedly been shopping around in recent weeks for a job outside the confines of her White House position.
A former deputy communications director for the Obama administration and CNN commentator, Psaki is being "Feverishly courted" by CNN and MSNBC to bolster their failing ratings, Puck reported Wednesday.
Heads of both CNN and MSNBC have reportedly traveled to Washington, DC, in recent weeks to pitch Psaki on moving away from Biden's failing presidency and towards a lucrative job in private sector media.
Psaki intends to leave the White House at some point this year and, according to sources familiar with her thinking, intends to go into television news-not as a contributor, but as a host.
According to the report, rumors are swirling that Psaki could take over Rachel Maddow's show on MSNBC due to the lack of talent at the network.
Maddow intends to depart the MSNBC lineup in the near future, which Puck described as a "Near-existential crisis" for MSNBC. "Maddow's current month-long hiatus has resulted in a 25-percent ratings drop in total viewers, and dragged down the rest of primetime," the report read. Maddow's show is not the only one suffering from viewership decline.
If Psaki leaves in 2022, her track record would include spinning multiple crises from the White House lectern.
Friday, February 25, 2022
Jen Psaki 'Intends to Leave' White House, Shopping Around for Media Job
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