MSNBC host Rachel Maddow was criticized for announcing that the liberal network would refuse to cover Donald Trump’s victory speech in Iowa because she believed it contained falsehoods.
This led some to point out that Maddow, the MSNBC anchor and host of The Rachel Maddow Show, was one of the most vocal proponents of the claim that Trump colluded with Russia.
Maddow, who anchors the network’s coverage from New York, said the network continued its policy of not broadcasting Trump’s speeches live after his resounding victory in the Iowa caucus.
‘It is not an easy decision, but for us as a news organization there are costs associated with knowingly broadcasting untrue things. And that is a fundamental truth of our company and who we are,” she said.
She tried to make it clear that the call was “not out of spite.” It is not a decision that makes us happy. It is a decision that we will return to regularly, honestly and seriously.’
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow was criticized for announcing that the liberal network would refuse to cover Donald Trump’s victory speech in Iowa because she believed he would lie
Maddow announced that the network would let viewers know if there was “any news” following Trump’s comments.
At least this led one user on social media to call MSNBC “state television” given its alliance with President Biden’s liberal policies.
Commentator Glenn Greenwald sneered that Maddow is “the reigning queen of TV disinformation” and that “NBC is Ground Zero for that.”
MSNBC wasn’t the only network to give short shrift to Trump’s speech on Monday evening.
Early in the speech, as Trump began laying out his plan for the border, Tapper began speaking about the former president.
“Donald Trump declares victory with a historically strong performance in the Iowa caucuses,” he said.
“If these numbers hold, this will be the biggest victory for a non-incumbent president in modern times,” he continued.
‘A relatively subdued speech, given how far things are going. Although, here he is now, under my voice. You can hear him repeating his anti-immigrant rhetoric.”
Maddow, who anchors the network’s coverage from New York, said the network continued its policy of not showing Trump’s speeches live after his resounding victory in the Iowa caucus.
This led some to point out that Maddow, the MSNBC anchor and host of The Rachel Maddow Show, was one of the most vocal proponents of the claim that Trump colluded with Russia.
Trump told Fox News Digital that he was “honored” and “empowered” after winning the Iowa caucuses.
During the Trump administration, Maddow was one of the loudest anti-Trump voices, regularly devoting long segments of her self-titled 9 p.m. show to alleged Russian interference and manipulation of the former president’s administration.
Her broadcasts included the controversial Steele Dossier, which contained a series of lurid, unproven allegations about Trump’s ties to Russia.
In fact, the Durham report “found that (FBI) investigators did not and could not corroborate any of the substantive allegations in the Steele report.”
But Maddow suggested on several occasions that the Steele dossier gave weight to the collusion claims.
In March 2017, she said: “The crux of this unproven dossier’s claim is that not only did Russia attack our elections, but they did so with the knowledge and support of the Trump campaign, which Trump’s people helped While they were doing that, they knew what Russia was doing and they kept meeting Russians.’
Maddow said later on the show, “What (Steele) says he found was evidence not only that Russia attacked the U.S. presidential election, but that one party in that election — the Trump campaign — aided, acquiesced, conspired, participated and that is a much worse allegation than just that the Russians are attacking our elections.’
She added: “We have to continue to describe them as uncorroborated, but toward the basic premise of this dossier, that the Trump campaign was working on it, little pieces of those little, verifiable pieces are falling almost every day now.” on their place.’
Rachel Maddow spread baseless claims in the controversial Steele Dossier alleging that Russia interfered in the election and that “the Trump campaign aided, abetted, conspired and participated in it”
Maddow saw her ratings rise from fellow candidate to top contender thanks to her compelling and hard-hitting reporting on Trump — regularly landing the No. 1 spot in her timeslot grievance battle with Fox News’ Sean Hannity.
Her show grew to a fever pitch in the days leading up to its release, as rumors swirled that Mueller was nearing the conclusion of the report that Maddow confidently predicted would prove decisive in Trump’s downfall.
Ratings for her show have since dropped, starting with a 19 percent drop the week after the Mueller report dropped.
Maddow’s contract with the network currently runs through 2024, although she has become less frequent during the Biden years.
In 2022, she took a weeklong break from her $30 million-a-year hosting job at MSNBC to make films and podcasts.