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Aaron Maté
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.@ggreenwald's appearance on @democracynow today to preside over the demise of Russiagate is epic. I'll have more to say at some other point about my own view of DN's role in the media failure that Glenn accurately excoriates, but don't miss this: democracynow.org/2019/3/25/as_m…
Glenn's co-panelist, @DavidCayJ made factually incorrect claims, including that "the only place [Barr] quoted the Mueller report was that it did not exonerate Donald Trump on the issue of obstruction of justice." Not true at all, Barr quoted Mueller on collusion:
Glenn did get @DavidCayJ to walk back the (unchallenged) claim he made on @democracynow just last week that Trump "is absolutely, in my view, a Kremlin agent." (Though now DCJ says Trump is a "Russian asset.")
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Aaron Maté
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1/ MSNBC et al were exponentially the worst, but Russiagate media reckoning doesn’t stop there. It includes major left/adversarial outlets like @MotherJones, @theintercept, @democracynow, & yes, a few colleagues at @thenation. We too need to account for partaking in the failure.
2/ I’ll get into specifics when I get the time, but here to me is the most salient illustration: the go-to Russiagate analyst on @democracynow — aka the go-to left show — was @emptywheel, aka one of the biggest promoters of the failed conspiracy theory.
3/ A commenter reminds me: I forgot @TheYoungTurks . They def are right up there. To their credit, they have @jimmy_dore on their network, who pushed back like no other, & they hosted debates, including w/ me:
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Aaron Maté
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MSNBC can't say it wasn't warned: (theintercept.com/2017/04/12/msn…) (thedailybeast.com/msnbcs-trump-r…)
In April 2017, I warned about the dangers of @Maddow et al's conspiracy theory: They risked promoting "a fruitless quest" while undermining "productive self-critique" for Democrats & "diverting focus from the White House’s actual policies," all while handing Trump a major "gift":
(theintercept.com/2017/04/12/msn…)
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Aaron Maté
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.@Maddow & MSNBC pushed a conspiracy theory because it was great for ratings & the failed Democratic elites who lost to Trump. They showed contempt for their audience by ignoring the countervailing facts & those who pointed them out. Early signs are that viewers were catching on:
Yup: "According to network insiders, viewers can expect to hear less about Trump’s alleged collusion with Russians—which Barr has declared an investigative dead end—both from the cable outlet’s anchors and its paid contributors."
Also Yup: "Several MSNBC employees... said although @MalcolmNance appears regularly across numerous shows on the network, many producers already had reservations about bringing him on, given his penchant for over-the-top rhetoric related the investigation."
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