{"id":2533812,"date":"2026-01-12T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ms-nows-hypocrisy-over-maduro-capture-needs-to-be-called-out-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:05:21","slug":"ms-nows-hypocrisy-over-maduro-capture-needs-to-be-called-out-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ms-nows-hypocrisy-over-maduro-capture-needs-to-be-called-out-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"MS Now&#8217;s &#8216;hypocrisy&#8217; over Maduro capture needs to be &#8216;called out&#8217;: Joe Concha"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fms-nows-hypocrisy-over-maduro-capture-needs-to-be-called-out-joe-concha%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=2533812&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--><p>Joe Concha of teh washington Examiner criticized MSNBC hosts Jen Psaki and rachel Maddow for what he called hypocritical and contradictory coverage of the Trump management&#8217;s capture of former Venezuelan leader nicol\u00e1s Maduro. Psaki and Maddow both questioned the operation-psaki saying it lacked &#8220;justification&#8221; and Maddow warning it showed Trump seeking &#8220;totally unilateral&#8221; military control-despite past remarks that tied Trump to authoritarian figures. Concha argued on Fox&#8217;s Saturday in America that the network&#8217;s reaction is disingenuous given Maduro&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuelan-man-uses-humorous-food-analogy-to-blast-critics-of-trumps-maduro-takedown\/\" title=\"Venezuelan Man Uses Humorous Food Analogy to Blast Critics of ...&#039;s Maduro Takedown\">alleged narco-terrorism<\/a> and Venezuela&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-officials-call-talks-with-taliban-candid-and-professional\/\" title=\"US Officials Call Talks With Taliban \u2018Candid and Professional\u2019\">severe humanitarian crisis<\/a> that has driven millions to flee. He called the network&#8217;s stance &#8220;phoniness&#8221; that should be called out. The article also notes that former Secretary of State Antony Blinken praised the operation as &#8220;brilliant&#8221; and hinted support for opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado, while President Trump touted potential U.S. oil investment in Venezuela but suggested ExxonMobil might be excluded.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">MS Now&rsquo;s &lsquo;hypocrisy&rsquo; over Maduro capture needs to be &lsquo;called out&rsquo;: Joe Concha<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2468629\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> senior writer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4413368\/new-video-destroys-dems-ice-murder-narrative-minneapolis\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> knocked MS Now anchors <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4355329\/jd-vance-jen-psaki-nick-fuentes-attacks-second-lady\/\">Jen Psaki<\/a> and Rachel Maddow on Saturday over their contradicting coverage of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, saying it has been &ldquo;par for the course.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both Maddow and Psaki have expressed skepticism about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/4413786\/capturing-maduro-proves-it-trumps-foreign-policy-is-isolation-ish\/\">the Trump administration&rsquo;s capture of Maduro<\/a>, with the latter host saying on Jan. 3 that it did not have a &ldquo;justification.&rdquo; Psaki&rsquo;s comment comes about six years after she said President Donald Trump &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >likes authoritarian thugs<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4414759\/mary-peltola-campaign-puts-lisa-murkowski-tough-endorsement-spot\/\">Peltola campaign puts Murkowski in tough endorsement spot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4414854\/house-administration-committee-bill-ban-congressional-stock-trading\/\">House Administration Committee to mark up bill banning congressional stock trading<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4414774\/jack-smith-opens-law-firm-former-doj-lawyers-worked-january-6-cases\/\">Jack Smith&nbsp;opens&nbsp;law firm with former DOJ lawyers who worked on Jan. 6 cases<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Likewise, Maddow said on Jan. 5 that Trump wants &ldquo;totally unilateral&rdquo; control of the U.S. military after Maduro&rsquo;s capture. The host previously compared Trump to other dictators around the world, including Maduro, and how they have a mutual interest in &ldquo;staying in power for life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So Trump loves dictators until he actually arrests one with a snatch and grab, brings them back to New York, in this case, Maduro and his wife, to stand trial for narco-terrorism, bringing cocaine to this country that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans over the years while 8 million people have fled Venezuela because of the horrible place that that has become,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Saturday in America with Kayleigh McEnany<\/em>, guest-hosted by Molly Line.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the biggest humanitarian crises we have ever seen, despite Venezuela, quite frankly, has the ability to be a very rich country,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3318538&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=9f3a4fc8b45a463a8a2049b7e4fb19cd\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha said the &ldquo;phoniness&rdquo; of the &ldquo;insane asylum&rdquo; that is MS Now is nothing out of the ordinary, but it should still be &ldquo;called out.&rdquo; He concluded that the network&rsquo;s coverage of Maduro&rsquo;s capture has been &ldquo;disingenuous&rdquo; when compared to the host&rsquo;s past statements.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4414246\/cuba-rejects-trump-deal-demand-keep-venezuelan-oil-flowing\/\"><strong>CUBA REJECTS TRUMP DEMAND FOR DEAL IN ORDER TO KEEP VENEZUELAN OIL FLOWING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who served under former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3925047\/politicians-books-before-2026-midterm-elections\/\">Joe Biden<\/a>, offered some praise to the Trump administration for the capture of Maduro, calling the operation &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4414512\/antony-blinken-admits-maduro-capture-brilliant\/\">brilliant<\/a>.&rdquo; He also implied that he is in favor of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado taking over as head of state in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Maduro&rsquo;s capture, Trump has been vocal about the increased investment opportunities for U.S. oil companies in Venezuela. However, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4414363\/trump-likely-bar-exxon-venezuela-oil-investment\/\">he indicated that Exxon Mobil may be excluded<\/a>, saying he &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t like their response.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call out MS Now&#8217;s Maduro hypocrisy &#8211; Joe Concha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2533813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-collage-u5re81nmb-1768241956699-e1768246465521.jpg?1768229428&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[52093,36612,54444,3746,32171],"class_list":["post-2533812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-joe-concha","tag-maduro","tag-media-hypocrisy","tag-msnbc","tag-political-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-collage-u5re81nmb-1768241956699-e1768246465521.jpg?1768229428&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533812","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2533812"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2533816,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533812\/revisions\/2533816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2533813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2533812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2533812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2533812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}