WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's pick as White House chief of staff is defending Trump's pick as chief strategist and senior counselor.

Reince Priebus tells NBC's "Today" show that Breitbart News executive Stephen Bannon has exhibited none of the racist, sexist or other qualities attributed to him and the Brietbart website.

The site specializes in button-pushing, traffic-trolling headlines, including one that called conservative commentator Bill Kristol a "Republican spoiler, renegade Jew."