'We Broke the Story Correctly': Rachel Maddow Returns Fire on Her Trump Tax Scoop
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We Broke the Story Correctly: Rachel Maddow Returns Fire on Her Trump Tax Scoop
Critics rounded on Rachel Maddow for the way she broke her Trump tax story on MSNBC. She tells The Daily Beast, The only thing I can be focused on is getting the story right.
LLOYD GROVE
03.15.17 5:33 PM ET
The morning after Rachel Maddow disclosed a portion of Donald Trumps 2005 tax returna scoop accorded front-page treatment by The New York Times and whined about by Trump and the White House, but also panned in certain journalistic circles for alleged overhyping in the cheesy tradition of reality showsMaddow had no regrets.
When youre in the middle of a big story thats getting national attention, you expect people to throw all sorts of stuff around, she told The Daily Beast on Wednesday. Honestly, the thing Im focused on, and the only thing I can be focused on, is getting the story right. Im really, really, really psyched that we broke this story.
Maddow added: This is the first tax return we have from the president, and its really important that he hasnt released his taxes. And there are real concernsof a small, medium, and large varietyabout why he ought to release his taxes. And if this is available, we might expect other tax documents to be made available, too, and this will continue to haunt him through his presidency until he releases more full financial information.
While Maddow is entitled to take pride in bringing new information to the ongoing discussion of President Trumps business and financial conduct, she has also been the target of criticism for the manner in which she did itstaging a tantalizing big buildup that her detractors suggested amounted to overpromising and under-delivering.
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femmocrat
(28,394 posts)He really had her mannerisms down! Very clever.
http://deadline.com/2017/03/stephen-colbert-rachel-maddow-donald-trump-tax-return-video-1202044424/
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)had to know what we were in store for.
That presentation was vintage Maddow!
Why we need the complete record of tax returns is the most important part of this story.
Gothmog
(143,999 posts)LisaM
(27,759 posts)They clearly were on to the notion that Trump could have been the leaker, do why not shorten the manufactured buildup?