Chelsea Clinton is hired by NBC News

I took a minor in broadcast journalism and worked more than 40 years in television news. I lost count of people who were hired because of who they were or who they knew or to whom they were married, etc.
Television news, more increasingly, the chronicling of popular culture, is little more than trying to make beef steak from a much more plentiful by-product of feed lots.

Are the any "personalities/celebrities" that make-it-out on their own? It's amazing. If you have a famous father or mother basically, you have it made.

She sure as hell idn't get the job on her looks Sure the parents had nothing to do with it. If her parents were joe blow, think she would have the job. Just another favor being paid back.

Lets not whine about these famus people getting on the airwave, perhaps, they will speak for others who are unable to speak for themselves. Isn't that what our country is all about, new ideas, new voices. I would think Ms. Bush, Clinton, and McCain, will bring us a fresh prospective of where we, their elders might have gone wrong. They are, as far as one can get from being Royals, lets wish them well.

Keep Laughing America. The Founding Fathers fought to escape royalty and because you became fat and lazy you now have fallen under the rule of a royal class. Of all the journalism and media graduates are we really supposed to believe that this dope was the most qualified to get this opportunity? I know that if my daughter worked her butt off in school and paid her dues in the industry I would be angry beyond belief to see this happen

I feel bad for all those who have studied journalism and are being passed over in favor of the child of influential parents.

I say "Good for her!" I don't see how it's inherently wrong that connections play a role in a person's desirability for a job. She's also a very smart girl and incredibly articulate. Don't be haters, folks. Now, I WOULD like to see a show with the three of them, maybe vacationing for a week in Cabo, where they get loaded on margaritas and just dish about their dads. I'm thinking MTV here. Maybe they do the show once a quarter at a party zone, get wasted and talk politics. Now that's some fun for tv...much better than a human interest story about how disposable diapars can be recycled and used to save wildlife.

No doubt the JOB was CREATED for her and her alone. No one else interviewed that had the background to do the job. NBC still a network with political bias.

Good for her.She is competent,articulate and product of good education.Having a famous parents are also a bonus.

All the news that's printed to fit.

must be nice being born into the right family. jobs keep coming even if your talent does not lie in that direction. good luck lady, I hope you get a chance to be good.

She gets uglier looking as each year goes by.

nice mcguffies!

Who's Brian Williams ?

working for daddy...

Got hired for her name not for anything else. Maybe she can report on her father's sex escapades and his logic.

I bet she got the job because of her looks and her merit ...

talk about a silver spoon, it not what ya know, its WHO YA KNOW.....i hope they give her show called SILVER SPOON

Was Bernadine Dohrn unavailable?

she's got a face for radio