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HuffPo Asks, "What The Hell Was This Rachel Maddow Segment?" ... calls it "Appalling"
Posted on 10/22/17 at 6:26 am
Posted on 10/22/17 at 6:26 am
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What The Hell Was This Rachel Maddow Segment?
“Everybody that I know is appalled by this.”
By Willa Frej
10/20/2017 Updated 18 hours ago
It was a vintage Rachel Maddow stemwinder. A deft, 25-minute weaving of carefully curated sound bites, screenshots of news reports, slick maps and graphics, all strung together to make the case that something fishy is afoot. It’s a style Maddow has perfected, and it has propelled her to the top of the ratings heap.
There was just one problem. Maddow’s theory was so flimsy that it could be debunked by a quick glance at a map, let alone a phone call with an expert.
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Maddow’s segment was designed to strongly suggest, without outright stating, that Trump’s addition of Chad in his latest travel ban prompted the country to remove its troops from Niger, leading to an increase in extremist attacks and ultimately claiming the lives of four U.S. soldiers.
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Any expert asked about Chadian troops battling ISIS in Niger would have said “No, that’s crazy,” Seay added. ”Everybody that I know is appalled by this. I would like to think that Maddow’s researchers are more responsible.”
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Maddow referred to the ambush as “absolutely baffling.” But an attack of this nature was “almost inevitable,” Seay added, seeing as American special forces teams are operating in remote areas in an “advise-and-assist” capacity, training military personnel across the region. Army Green Berets, for example, have gone to the Mali-Niger border 29 times in the last six months.
And even though they’re technically in an advisory capacity, it’s not uncommon for these troops to end up in the line of fire, she noted. “They go on patrol with local military so they’re technically not fighting. But really they’re right there together.”
“There has been an increase of violence in this area and nearby areas for more than a year, and the overall security situation has been getting worse,” said Andrew Lebovich, a visiting fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations.
The Rachel Maddow Show declined to comment to HuffPost.
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Posted on 10/22/17 at 6:32 am to NC_Tigah
The only reason they are "appalled" is because it was immediately debunked. Nobody will care, and the media will continue to be very entertaining fake news.
Posted on 10/22/17 at 6:38 am to NC_Tigah
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I would like to think that Maddow’s researchers are more responsible.” ....
Really?? Notwithstanding 99% of everything she has ever spewed is progressive propaganda.
Posted on 10/22/17 at 7:03 am to NC_Tigah
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I would like to think that Maddow’s researchers are more responsible.
Oh, wait, they were serious... 
Posted on 10/22/17 at 7:43 am to Strannix
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Maddow’s 5 minute dissertation on how it would be impossible for Trump to be elected.....never forget
Posted on 10/22/17 at 8:11 am to NC_Tigah
My, how low you have to fall for the Huffington Post to take notice.
Posted on 10/22/17 at 8:16 am to Strannix
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Maddow’s 5 minute dissertation on how it would be impossible for Grump to be elected.....never forget
Posted on 10/22/17 at 8:25 am to Strannix
That's so GD pathetic. I wish I coukd put it oyt of it's misery. It actually believes what it says. There is no help, only pity.
Posted on 10/22/17 at 8:42 am to Strannix
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Maddow’s 5 minute dissertation on how it would be impossible for Grump to be elected.....never forget
I don't believe a movie could have been written that would have encapsulated what happened that night compared to the reality that happened that night and if the Democratic party doesn't rein in their loud mouth "warriors" we will have a repeat in 2020. It won't be as glorious as 11/8/16 but it will be momentous in knowing the left had four years and 90% of the media fighting another losing cause.
Posted on 10/22/17 at 8:44 am to NC_Tigah
Doesn't matter.
Talking point is out.
Useless idiots are parroting.
That's all that matters. Progs lie. Progs don't care.
Talking point is out.
Useless idiots are parroting.
That's all that matters. Progs lie. Progs don't care.
Posted on 10/22/17 at 8:54 am to NC_Tigah
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Seay added. ”Everybody that I know is appalled by this"
Everyone he knows watches Maddow?
He needs better friends.Posted on 10/22/17 at 9:27 am to NC_Tigah
It gets better . . .
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Rachel Maddow Defends Niger Theory After Experts Call It 'Conspiracymongering'
by Carla Herreria
October 21, 2017
Rachel Maddow on Friday doubled down on her controversial reporting on the deadly Niger ambush on U.S. troops, in which she linked President Donald Trump’s travel ban with the deaths of four soldiers.
Maddow’s report, delivered Thursday and reiterated Friday, strongly suggested that Trump’s addition of Chad to his travel ban prompted the country to withdraw its U.S.-partnered counterterrorism troops in Niger, thus causing an increase in attacks by the self-described Islamic State in the area.
“Over the course of the day today lots of people have been very upset with me for reporting that last night, which is fine. I didn’t know you cared,” Maddow said in her Friday segment.
“But the upset over my reporting doesn’t mean that anything I reported wasn’t true. Everything I reported was true.”
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Posted on 10/22/17 at 9:33 am to NC_Tigah
I support her going on with this. Keep digging. Those lost 1,000+ seats are going to move closer to 2,000 as the out of touch keep pounding their wacko leftist ideology.
Posted on 10/22/17 at 9:42 am to NC_Tigah
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Maddow’s report, delivered Thursday and reiterated Friday, strongly suggested that Trump’s addition of Chad to his travel ban prompted the country to withdraw its U.S.-partnered counterterrorism troops in Niger, thus causing an increase in attacks by the self-described Islamic State in the area.
That's one of the more desperate attempts I've seen to come up with a reason to be against the travel ban.
Posted on 10/22/17 at 9:59 am to Bard
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That's one of the more desperate attempts I've seen to come up with a reason to be against the travel ban.
Don't think it won't be mentioned in the 9th Circuit's affirmation to the Hawaii injunction.
Posted on 10/22/17 at 10:00 am to NC_Tigah
This Maddow guy is always angry.
Posted on 10/22/17 at 10:09 am to NC_Tigah
The fact that Radical Madcow is appalling is not remarkable.
The fact that HuffPo would stop publicly kissing her hairy arse is.
But some times one must admit the obvious:
The fact that HuffPo would stop publicly kissing her hairy arse is.
But some times one must admit the obvious:
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There was just one problem. Maddow’s theory was so flimsy that it could be debunked by a quick glance at a map, let alone a phone call with an expert.
Posted on 10/22/17 at 10:11 am to udtiger
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Don't think it won't be mentioned in the 9th Circuit's affirmation to the Hawaii injunction.
It's too bad SCOTUS can't fine a court for filing continued useless injunctions.
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