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The [Wednesday] PapersIn the last few days, having read articles about Rachel Maddow's booming popularity in the Trump era, I once again became disheartened. Why? Because as I wrote in a note to myself about a possible post, Rachel Maddow is a master propagandist masquerading as a journalist. I won't rehash the Maddow disaster that unfolded last night; you can catch up with that in plenty of other places, though I found this summary from Columbia Journalism Review's morning newsletter to be a good start: A media frenzy began with a single tweet, and for once it didn't come from the president. Last night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow set the political media spinning with a 7:36 post: "BREAKING: We've got Trump tax returns. Tonight, 9pm ET. MSNBC. (Seriously)." As speculation kicked into overdrive and MSNBC added a countdown clock to its broadcast, Maddow clarified that her information came from a 2005 return. And that was just the first. What Maddow produced was barely useful; two pages from a random year that showed Trump paying a relatively acceptable tax rate, even if it did come from the Alternative Minimum Tax provision. The remaining lack of context basically left these documents as a lead to follow, not a finished product of journalism. But then, cable news is entertainment, not journalism. Never forget that. Previously in Rachel Maddow Sucks: * What I Watched Last Night: Blago. * How Rachel Maddow And The New York Times Enable The Looting Of The Nation. * MSNBC Is Worse Than Fox. See the links, as well, to the "Who Is Rachel Maddow" item at the bottom of this post. * Rachel Maddow Has Been Pulling This Shit For Years. * The Continuing Horror That Is Multi-Million Dollar Rhodes Scholar Rachel Maddow. * How Does Rachel Maddow Keep Her Job? * Rachel Maddow Continues To Be A Major League Poser. - Amusing Ourselves To Death
- BeachBook Obama's "Transparency" Cost Us Millions. * Health Inspections: Chicago Gyro & Dogs. - TweetWood
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