If I'm trying to shop on your website and I'm interrupted by a newsletter pop up followed by an SMS opt in and then a deal wheel and then cookies options, I'm leaving after the first thing. That's how many years old I am now. I don't want anything that badly and now I hate you, specifically.

“It’s ten o’clock somewhere” I whisper, going to bed at seven

I think the hiring of Ronna McDaniel will probably be rescinded, but either way, it reflects a profound misunderstanding of the job of journalism that's pervasive in TV news. If you don't know that you shouldn't hire a proven liar for "balance," you have no business running a news division.