Rachel Maddow gets pwned

After Keith Olbermann was suspended (as it turns out, for only two days) for making undisclosed campaign contributions in violation of his employer's policy, Rachel Maddow leapt to his defense with a classic example of tu quoque. Except that it really wasn't. The single example she provided was not that of a Fox News host providing a campaign contribution but rather a clip where a Republican candidate who was a guest on Sean Hannity's show provides the URL for his website and notes that donations can be made:

People can come on our website at KasichforOhio.com, Sunday night at 6:30 we're going to talk about the damage the Obama agenda has done to us and if you have any extra nickels or dimes, please send it our way. KasichforOhio.com.

The implication is that this is equivalent to Hannity making a contribution to Kasich's campaign but it's not.

Still, Maddow thinks this one incident proves that Fox is a political organization whereas MSNBC is not. I wonder just how hard it is for her to reach such a high level of hypocrisy. I wonder if, after seeing the below video, she will provide a "correction" to her statement. Can't say as I'm going to hold my breath waiting for it.



This paragraph from the above linked blog post provides a good summation:

Rachel Maddow’s holier-than-thou smugness is best encapsulated in her claim that on Fox News, hosts allow fundraising for Republican candidates on the air. Ergo Fox is political, MSNBC isn’t. Ms Maddow’s examples of this happening on FNC? A grand total of: one. John Kasich, appearing on Hannity, gave out his website URL and encouraged donations. It’s the only example Maddow gave because it’s the one Media Matters cited. That’s called ‘journalism’.

There may have been a time when Rachel Maddow had journalistic integrity. If so, it's long gone. Watch her for her opinions if you want, but if you trust her to tell the complete truth, you are a fool.