05-25-2022, 03:30 PM
(05-24-2022, 04:04 PM)Dill Wrote: Maddow appears incredibly scandalous and "looney" to you because you do not agree that Trump's decade-long admiration of Putin is a security concern. I don't think you even agree there is something unusual here. Hannity himself, as late as March 11, 2022, still could not get Trump to condemn Putin, whom he called a "genuis" for the Ukraine invasion.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-sean-hannity-putin-evil_n_622abf90e4b0d1329e82b82b
Even if Maddow were "looney" for wondering why Putin favored Trump and Trump Putin, often at risk to Trump's own standing, that would still not be enough to support your picture of an "obsessed and deranged media who lapped it up." NYT and WaPo reporting on Trump and the Steele Dossier seem as sober as ever. Same for the New Yorker and The Atlantic. It was a story which should be reported on.
And Maddow doesn't appear looney to you because you have been tricked into being scared of the Russians* and thinking that they're lurking around every corner, McCarthy style. She feeds into that because she's been duped as well, probably because shes vulnerable and susceptible due to her being blinded by her fervent dislike of him.
*this doesn't mean that I do not think that they aren't a political adversary and aren't actively engaged in disseminating propaganda (as are we to them). I just do not believe them to be this dangerous boogeyman that many would have you believe.
