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Green Forest

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15. "Chelsea Clinton Leaving Her Unbelievably Cushy Fake Job at NBC"
Tue Jan 12, 2016, 10:30 PM
Jan 2016
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/08/chelsea-clinton-leaving-her-fake-job-at-nbc.html

Kicking off the annual Labor Day Friday News Dump, Chelsea Clinton has announced, via People, that she will no longer pretend to be a reporter. The once (and future?) First Daughter has been a “special correspondent” for NBC News since 2011, when she was dubbed, following her debut, “one of the most boring people of her era.” For the occasional feel-good segment or interview with the CGI Geico gecko, Clinton earned a reported annual salary of $600,000, or approximately $26,724 for every minute she was on-air.

She switched to a month-by-month contract earlier this year, allegedly because of her pregnancy and her mother's impending run for president, not because she was being paid an insane amount of money to do almost nothing.

But she just doesn't have time to occasionally appear on TV for a few minutes anymore and is departing, amicably we're sure, “to continue focusing on my work at the Clinton Foundation and as Marc and I look forward to welcoming our first child,” Clinton told People...

A search for her recent work turns up “Oscar-Winning Actor Jeff Bridges Fights to End Childhood Hunger” and “Homework Diner Serves Up Education With a Side of Food” (a follow-up to the same story from last year), along with “Chelsea Clinton Pregnant: ‘Marc and I Are Very Excited,” “Chelsea Clinton: I’m Very Excited About First Child,” and “‘So Thrilled’: Chelsea Clinton Announces Pregnancy.”


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Man are they getting desperate! [View all] OffWithTheirHeads Jan 2016 OP
OH I lost the respect long ago... SoapBox Jan 2016 #1
Now that Chelsea is part of the campaign, I can say this: thereismore Jan 2016 #3
Ouch mindwalker_i Jan 2016 #6
apparently he's worse ... he owns the hedge fund roguevalley Jan 2016 #20
I saw that Bjornsdotter Jan 2016 #2
Welcome to the party. No pun intended. nm floriduck Jan 2016 #4
The Clintons are morally bankrupt. They and their lying minions need to be shown the door. Green Forest Jan 2016 #5
Fuck yes we can. I want a revolution! OffWithTheirHeads Jan 2016 #7
Without YES WE CAN, there is no revolution. Green Forest Jan 2016 #8
It's interesting to me n2doc Jan 2016 #9
Doubt it. Chelsea has little ambition for herself beyond lording it at CF and living a .0001% entitled life. Green Forest Jan 2016 #10
What TV gig? truebluegreen Jan 2016 #11
"Chelsea Clinton Leaving Her Unbelievably Cushy Fake Job at NBC" Green Forest Jan 2016 #15
Indeed a Cushy Fake Job. truebluegreen Jan 2016 #16
She might not enjoy the spotlight, now having nullified her immunity Babel_17 Jan 2016 #17
Then why is she out stumping for her mom? n2doc Jan 2016 #12
All hands are on deck because the SS Clinton hit an iceBern on the way to the coronation. Green Forest Jan 2016 #14
"SS Clinton hit an IceBern" Art_from_Ark Jan 2016 #24
Indeedy. Duppers Jan 2016 #30
I think we saw it in her attempt to start a meme the other night artislife Jan 2016 #34
No ambition, really? ljm2002 Jan 2016 #36
A Desperate Attempt To Appeal To Young Voters cantbeserious Jan 2016 #13
Because young voters don't care about issues, right? Betty Karlson Jan 2016 #23
Ain't no way to hide those liyin' eyes swilton Jan 2016 #18
I'm guessing her short political career just tanked...badly. Stilted, hesitant, didn't know libdem4life Jan 2016 #19
she's the jeb bush in her family politically. chelsea! roguevalley Jan 2016 #21
I fear so...and ill-prepared for what she was thrust into. libdem4life Jan 2016 #29
Clinton cannot be trusted - ever again. Betty Karlson Jan 2016 #22
That was already her weakness—trustworthiness. Who is making these decisions for her? Enthusiast Jan 2016 #26
Polls, focus groups, and corporately sponsored advisors. Betty Karlson Jan 2016 #31
Well they screwed up. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #32
Of course they screwed up: have you seen what Third Way did to the country? Betty Karlson Jan 2016 #33
I'm living the damage. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #35
"I just lost any respect I had for the Clintons." Me too. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #25
AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service ebayfool Jan 2016 #27
I say again ... ebayfool Jan 2016 #28
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