{"id":2153038,"date":"2024-01-18T17:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rachel-maddow-says-msnbc-wont-broadcast-untrue-things-thats-untrue\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T17:26:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:26:49","slug":"watch-rachel-maddow-says-msnbc-wont-broadcast-untrue-things-thats-untrue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rachel-maddow-says-msnbc-wont-broadcast-untrue-things-thats-untrue\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Maddow claims that MSNBC does not air false information, but this statement is false"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-rachel-maddow-says-msnbc-wont-broadcast-untrue-things-thats-untrue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2153038&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"WATCH: Rachel Maddow Says MSNBC Won't Broadcast 'Untrue Things.' That's Untrue.\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/indicted-senator-menendez-attends-classified-state-department-briefing\" data-post-url id=\"print-1849437\">\n<div>\n<h2>MSNBC&#8217;s Rachel Maddow \u200cClaims Network Won&#8217;t Air &#8216;Untrue Things&#8217; &#8211; But That&#8217;s Not the Case<\/h2>\n<p>During a live broadcast on Monday, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow boldly declared that her network would \u2063not air \u200cPresident Donald Trump&#8217;s \u2062victory \u200bspeech in the Iowa caucuses. She justified this decision by stating, &#8220;There\u200c is a\u200c cost to us as a news organization \u2064of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-graham-the-powerful-media-pretend-they-are-powerless\/\" title=\"Tim Graham: The Powerful Media Pretend They Are Powerless\">knowingly broadcasting untrue things<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Maddow \u200dhas \u200bused this reasoning to justify her network&#8217;s avoidance \u2062of Trump, who is\u2062 currently the frontrunner for the 2024 GOP presidential\u200c nomination. In June, as Trump faced his first\u2064 federal indictment, Maddow claimed, &#8220;We are here to bring you the news. It hurts our \u200cability to do that if we live-broadcast what we fully expect in advance to be a litany of lies and false accusations\u2014no matter who\u200c says them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2063Maddow&#8217;s assertion that MSNBC refrains from spreading falsehoods is simply not true. Both she and her network have repeatedly disseminated lies and false accusations as news, particularly when it comes to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, MSNBC effectively endorsed the claims that Jussie Smollett was\u2064 the victim of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-kamala-harris-democrat-politicians-rushed-to-defend-guilty-jussie-smolletts-hoax\/\" title=\"Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Democrat Politicians Rushed to Defend Guilty Jussie Smollett's Hoax\">hate crime perpetrated<\/a> by supporters of\u200c the Make America Great \u2062Again (MAGA) movement. They also propagated\u2062 the notion that COVID-19 vaccines prevent transmission, despite the lack of conclusive evidence. Additionally, they dismissed the &#8220;lab leak&#8221; theory of\u200d COVID-19 origin, even though it has not been definitively \u200bdebunked. MSNBC also perpetuated the narrative that Trump colluded with Russia to win the\u2062 presidency, spread \u200dthe idea that the contents of Hunter \u2063Biden&#8217;s laptop were Russian &#8220;disinformation,&#8221; and denied\u2063 any involvement of President Joe Biden in his son&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-seeks-facebook-twitter-records-related-to-suppression-of-hunter-biden-laptop-story\/\" title=\"Congressman Seeks Facebook, Twitter Records Related to Suppression of Hunter Biden Laptop Story\">corrupt foreign business dealings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Maddow attempted to assure viewers that MSNBC&#8217;s \u200cdecision to skip Trump&#8217;s victory speech was not driven by spite. However,\u2064 the network&#8217;s track record suggests otherwise.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2062In what ways has MSNBC been accused of having a bias in their coverage of political events and figures<\/h2>\n<p><span>  False \u2064Information<\/h2>\n<p>        \u2063    In a recent segment on her show, &#8220;The Rachel \u200dMaddow \u2064Show,&#8221; MSNBC\u2063 anchor Rachel Maddow made a bold claim that the network she works for does\u200c not broadcast false or untrue information.\u2062 However, \u2064a thorough examination of MSNBC&#8217;s track record and Maddow&#8217;s own reporting reveals that this assertion is\u200b far from accurate.<\/p>\n<p>        Maddow&#8217;s statement\u2064 came\u200b in response to\u2063 criticism of\u200c the network&#8217;s coverage of the ongoing legal \u200bcase against Senator \u2063Robert Menendez. The senator, who has\u200c been\u200d indicted \u200con corruption\u200d charges, recently attended a classified State Department briefing. MSNBC chose not to cover this event, leading to accusations \u2064of bias and selective reporting. Maddow defended her network&#8217;s decision,\u200d stating that they do not broadcast untrue things.<\/p>\n<p>        \u2064 Unfortunately for\u200d Maddow\u200b and MSNBC,\u200d this claim simply does not hold up under scrutiny. Numerous \u200binstances exist in which the network has aired false or misleading information. One need look no further than the infamous 2016 election coverage, where MSNBC, like many other news organizations, was heavily criticized for its biased reporting and dissemination of inaccurate information.<\/p>\n<p>        Additionally,\u200c Maddow herself has been involved in several instances of spreading misleading or false \u200cinformation. One \u2062notable example was her reporting on the Trump-Russia collusion \u2063investigation. For months, Maddow hyped \u2063up \u200dthe case, claiming to possess bombshell evidence that \u2064would take down \u200bthe President. However, when the evidence was finally revealed, it fell far short of\u200c the grand claims Maddow had made. This incident,\u200c among others, \u2063calls into question Maddow&#8217;s credibility and raises\u200d doubts about her \u200cability to accurately judge what is true or untrue.<\/p>\n<p>        \u2064       Furthermore, MSNBC&#8217;s coverage of certain political events and figures has\u2063 demonstrated \u2062a clear bias. \u2063The network has been accused \u2063of favoring progressive viewpoints while downplaying or disregarding conservative voices. This bias \u200cis evidenced \u200cin their\u200b reporting \u2064of issues such as immigration, healthcare, and gun control. By \u2063ignoring or marginalizing alternative \u200dviewpoints, MSNBC effectively shapes\u2063 the narrative to\u200c fit its own agenda, thereby misleading viewers and perpetuating false information.<\/p>\n<p>        \u2063      It\u200c is important \u2062for news\u200b organizations to strive for accuracy and impartiality in their reporting. MSNBC&#8217;s\u200b claim that they do not broadcast false information is not \u200bsupported by\u200c the evidence. The network&#8217;s track record, along with Maddow&#8217;s own reporting, reveals \u2062a pattern \u200cof biased coverage \u2062and dissemination of misleading or false information. This undermines their credibility as a reliable source \u2064of news and raises questions about their journalistic integrity.<\/p>\n<p>        As consumers of news, it is incumbent upon us to critically \u2063evaluate the information we are presented with.\u2062 We must seek out multiple sources, analyze the evidence, and\u200b think critically about the claims \u2062being made.\u200b By\u2064 doing so,\u200d we can avoid being misled by news organizations that are more interested in \u200bpromoting \u2062their own agenda than\u200c in providing accurate and unbiased reporting.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSNBC host Rachel Maddow refused to air President Donald Trump&#8217;s victory speech in the Iowa caucuses, citing the news organization&#8217;s responsibility to avoid broadcasting false information. Maddow has consistently employed this reasoning to justify excluding Trump, the leading candidate, from coverage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"featured_media":2153039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2153038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2153038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2153038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2153038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2153039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2153038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2153038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2153038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}