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Maddow derided for refusing to air Trump’s ‘untruths’

after video of her debunked claims goes viral
One conservative user on X wrote, 'It amazes me that people still watch this propaganda'
By Gabriel Hays Fox News

Published January 20, 2024 2:37pm EST

Rachel Maddow explains MSNBC's refusal to air Trump's victory speech in Iowa
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow said the network was forced to censor former President Trump's victory speech in Iowa because it couldn't air untrue statements.

After MSNBC host Rachel Maddow recently cut away from former President Trump’s Iowa
Caucus victory speech because she couldn’t air "untruths," a video containing several of
her debunked on-air narratives went viral, with conservatives reminding her that the
network has platformed her misinformation multiple times.

The video compilation of some of Maddow’s most infamous inaccurate statements on

MSNBC made the rounds on X this week, standing in direct opposition to the host’s claim
that the channel couldn’t air "untrue things."

The collection of clips, which has so far racked up more than a million views in just a
couple of days, included claims that Trump colluded with Russia to influence the 2016
election, and her assertion that the COVID-19 vaccine prevented the virus’ transmission
from person to person.

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After refusing to air former President Trump's Iowa victory speech on account of "untruths" MSNBC host Rachel Maddow
was recently reminded that she too has spread debunked stories live on the network. (Getty Images)

A fourth clip in the compilation featured Maddow refusing to air Trump’s victory speech
the night of caucus returns. Justifying the decision, she told MSNBC views, "But there is a
cost to us, as a news organization, of knowingly broadcasting untrue things."

"That is a fundamental truth of our business and who we are. And so, his remarks, tonight,
will not air here live. We will monitor them and let you know about any news that he
makes," she added.

However, the compilation provided immediate evidence that Maddow’s point on Trump’s
"untruths" was not consistent with past questionable claims made by the host.

The first clip featured Maddow on her show, March 7, 2017, saying, "The Trump campaign
didn’t just benefit from Russia interfering in our presidential campaign, the point of this is
they colluded, they helped, they were in on it." The second clip featured Maddow telling her
audience on October 29, 2021 that there is a "real story" about "covert communications"
between the Trump team and Russian institution Alfa-Bank that both parties were "trying
to hide" ahead of the 2016 election.

However, the 2023 300-page report by Special Counsel John Durham found that there was
a lack of evidence of Trump-Russia collusion and that the establishment of an
investigation into it was based on "raw, unanalyzed and uncorroborated intelligence."

Despite the anchor simply writing off the report when it dropped, it undermined a narrative
she had been peddling for years.

The third clip in the compilation featured Maddow in 2021 saying, "Now we know that the
vaccines work well enough that the virus stops with every vaccinated person. A vaccinated
person gets exposed to the virus, the virus does not infect them, the virus cannot then use
that person to go anywhere else."

Maddow’s claims there turned out to be wrong, as medical professionals, including then-
hite House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted in 2022 that COVID-19
vaccines " don't protect overly well as it were, against infection, they protect quite well
,

against severe disease leading to hospitalization and death."

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Rachel Maddow told MSNBC viewers that the channel couldn't air "untrue things" when explaining the decision to skip
former President Trump’s speech. (MSNBC screenshot)

Conservative critics laid into Maddow on X after seeing her inconsistent stance on the
truth laid bare by the compilation.

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton commented, "Devastating series of videos detail Left
activist @maddow fails..."

Pro-Trump political influencer Catturd commented on the video, calling Maddow "The
professional serial lair[sic]."

Popular conservative commentator duo "The Hodge Twins" remarked that "All corporate
media is like this too."

YouTuber James Klüg wrote, "It amazes me that people still watch this propaganda."

MSNBC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

Gabriel Hays is an associate editor for Fox News Digital.

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