Poor Chelsea only Paid $133,333 per Report as a Special Correspondent

By Kim D.

Chelsea Clinton found herself the center attention this weekend when her salary as a special correspondent for NBC was revealed.  According to Politico, Chelsea Clinton earned an annual salary of $600,000 at NBC News before switching to a month-to-month contract earlier this year . . . Clinton, who joined NBC News as a special correspondent in November 2011, was up for renewal or nonrenewal this year. Instead, the sources said, the network decided to keep her on the payroll on a month-to-month basis so the two parties could sever ties if Clinton’s mother, Hillary Clinton, runs for president.

Clinton first joined NBC News as a special correspondent in 2011. Her job included doing feature assignments for Brian Williams' "Rock Center with Brian Williams" before the show was canceled in June 2013. After that she did work for NBC Nightly News.

A Nexis search of news transcripts of NBC News under Chelsea Clinton and "special correspondent" found nine reports that included Clinton's byline between November 14, 2011 and the end of 2013. The dates were July 3, 2012; July 5, 2012; August 15, 2012; August 16, 2012; October 15, 2012; October 19, 2012; December 28, 2012; June 21, 2013; and March 8, 2013.

So, nine reports in the span of two years equals roughly $133K per appearance which means she was grossly overpaid (she's Bill and Hillary's daughter) and underused by NBC (basically, she sucks as a special correspondent).