Ah, this can't be good....Huffington Post?? Is that a right wing rag??

[a kennedy]

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rachel-maddow-niger-travel-ban_us_59ea060fe4b05b4f1c3ad52f?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

[Wwcd]

1. She once worked for MSNBC. Maybe she's got a personal problem with Maddow.

Who knows.
This statement is seriously harsh though.
Its quite a bizarre thing to say about RM.

And she's wrong, too.

[standingtall]

2. I don't see how this article refutes anything

"Chad may have already been planning to remove troops' 'The [travel ban was the straw that broke the camels back]' So they admit the travel ban played a role. Article seemed to be argue that the travel ban didn't cause an increase in terrorist attacks in the region. That's grasping at straws. Even if it didn't the fact that Chad removed troops would've may our troops more vulnerable to attack and again even this article seems admit that Trumps travel ban played a role in Chad removing troops.

[gyroscope]

3. The Maddow segment was rather mild and tame

I don't get what the Huffpost writer is so hysterical about? Why so defensive of Trump?

Ridiculous attack piece I thought I was reading something from Breitbart.

[Kathy M]

4. No it is not ...... From the article you posted ....

"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.

Chad’s pullout from Niger “had an immediate effect in emboldening ISIS attacks,” Maddow said.

That appears to be false. According to the Council on Foreign Relations and accounts from local residents, the attacks that have increased can be traced back to militant group Boko Haram, which is based just across the border in Nigeria. A group of Boko Haram militants broke away and formed the Islamic State West Africa, Laura Seay, an assistant professor in Colby College’s Department of Government, told HuffPost. But they are separate from the so-called Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, the group that reportedly carried out the ambush (although no group has claimed responsibility for the attack).

After listening to Brian Williams ( half of show ) sounds like we will be hearing of more operations ......

Do not forget Rachel Maddow has a show , she has ratings just like anyone else on TV. When in doubt research subject yourself

[Lint Head]

5. This attack is so personal it reads like a jealous grudge. If the writer once worked at

MSNBC, she may feel looked over for the show Rachel has and the superb job she does at telling the truth. Rachel even corrects things that have been wrongly reported. Does the HP even "ever" do that?

[LisaM]

6. It's a silly article

and she really cherrypicked that quote from Janet Malcolm...she made it sound as if the New Yorker did a hit piece on Rachel Maddow, which is hardly the case!

[bobbieinok]

7. During Monica era Adriana often did RW stuff on cable

[bobbieinok]

8. See Adam Silverman post on this today at balloon-juice.com

He posted in responce to questions at blog about Maddow's show. He has a great deal of knowledge about US military culture and practice.

I watched her segment on this and found his analysis and the discussion enlightening.

[Whiskeytide]

9. It's missing the point...

... Maddow did ask the question of whether Chad pulling out its forces might have made US forces more vulnerable, but conceded that we really can't know that for certain.

But the most scandalous point she made was that no one can explain why Chad was on the ban list. Until you learn that Chad had fined/sued Exxon over shorting the country on royalties. That was when Tillerson was CEO of Exxon. Now he's SoS. Hmmm.

So was the inclusion of Chad political payback? Would the Trump admin stoop to such petty politics? Surely not.

[highplainsdem]

10. HuffPo isn't RW, but Rachel's critic there missed something important. See this thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029734771

[Vinca]

11. I thought that was an interesting segment and it wouldn't surprise me at all if

Rachel is completely correct after the investigation is done. Of course, we'll probably never know because Two Scoops will keep it under wraps.

[Squinch]

12. Hmmm...I'll be watching for right wing blowback against Rachel's mammouth popularity, and

I'll be watching for it to come from strange sources.

Because that's how the Russapublican trolls roll.

[Hortensis]

13. I saw an attack on her Chad/Niger report somewhere else

earlier today while googling. Not a surprise. Such a blatantly dishonest spin is a surprise in the HuffPost.

But then I remember the mammoth lie about SecState Hillary and Clinton foundation that the AP blanketed the nation with during the campaign. It was exposed and widely condemned immediately, but the AP left it up for 2 weeks before finally pulling it.

Many of our biggest media are strongly infiltrated, and the rot goes very deep and high.