An MSNBC host claimed that independent journalist Matt Taibbi lied to Congress, a federal crime. What's more likely is the MSNBC host has no idea what he's talking about.
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Having worked with Mehdi, this is a pattern. He learns very little about a topic and then goes 100% full throttle with no nuance. He plays to a partisan crowd but frequently makes elementary errors. Like claiming black people can't vote in Georgia:
Which by the way had higher voter turnout in 2022 than New York did. Where's the MSNBC segment on New York's oppressive voter laws?
Going 100% into a partisan or tribal ideology with no nuance, always seeking to demonize the other side is why Mehdi fell for this Islamist stuff as a 20-something. True change would be listening to the other side not preaching at them.
An avowed Afghan foe of the Taliban decrying Medhi describing Americans as analogous to them. Of course to Mehdi this is just partisan banter to get the MSNBC job he was seeking.
Mehdi Hasan has perfectly adapted to the pathologies in partisan cable news: seek out conflict, not facts. Play to your base, never challenge them. And polarize the country because it's good for you, even if it's bad for the country.
By the way I was working with both lee and mehdi at that time, and this *never happened.* What happened was they were just arguing about politics on twitter and the managers wanted them to chill so they both did. Why is Mehdi lying about this during *Ramadan*?
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