She got half of Burgerland to think that everything they don't like is Russian propaganda, that the evil Russians helped Trump steal the 2016 election, Russia Russia Russia, it's the ultimate thought-terminating cliche now. And even in the face of cold, hard evidence to the contrary (ie: Mueller report, off the top of my head) Libs just stomp their feet and insist that it's still RUSSIAAAAA!!!!!1

I guess Bill O'Riely would be the Republican equivalent of her, but his oafishness and toxic masculinity got the best of him and he ~~ended up losing everything~~ got a multi-million dollar severance package from Fox News and then faded into irrelevancy.

Seriously though, I can't think of anybody that could rival Maddow in terms of how effectively she brainwashed tens of millions of Burgerlanders into believing an absolute, absurd fantasy. You can't have anything that resembles a level-headed discussion with any Lib anymore, largely due to her influence (and others of course, but I feel like she's the most prominent figure in this regard).

Can you think of anyone that could rival her impact? Who else would be in the same league of propagandists in this day?

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[–] WeedReference420@hexbear.net 13 points 2 hours ago

I thought people were memeing about how much she blames everything on Russia until I watched a couple of clips of her

[–] kittin@hexbear.net 11 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Red MAGA propaganda - can you believe the libs think they know better than us, rage

Blue MAGA propaganda - we libs know better than them, rage

Synthesis: red libs who know better than everyone how to loot the country by enraging everyone as a distraction

[–] Feline@hexbear.net 18 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Ehhhh that's giving her waaaaaaaaaaay too much credit. Not many people watch MSNBC

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah this is insane and would imply Maddow is good at what she does lol there’s not many burgers who give a shit about Russian interference

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 5 points 57 minutes ago* (last edited 57 minutes ago)

Ya if there were, Trump probably wouldn't have won lol. Since all the Russia propaganda is generally aimed at the libs, but it still wasn't enough to get them to go out and vote.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 23 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

It's plausible that Russia preferred Trump to his Democratic rivals, and did a little bit of trolling to fuck with America. But only to the tune of 0.1% of their military budget, not the 20% of GDP it would take to get anywhere near what BlueMAGA keeps accusing.

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 6 points 3 hours ago

My impression is it's less about pushing Trump and more about causing conflict within the US. There were Internet Research Agency(commonly called a troll farm) linked accounts pushing both sides of the COVID stuff, both sides during the BLM protests, etc.

Dems blaming things on Russian disinformation plays right into that goal, too. If you want to rile up the US populace, make people feel like everyone they disagree with is brainwashed by evil outside forces. Republicans did the same shit with TikTok, blaming China for young leftists, trans people, etc.

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 21 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Well Kamala's campaign spent over 1 billion dollars and it didn't seem to make any difference che-laugh

[–] Spongebobsquarejuche@hexbear.net 16 points 5 hours ago

That had to be money laundering.

[–] RiotDoll@hexbear.net 38 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

i feel like it's a mistake to let the face of these operations have too much credit. This is a performance, and it is an editorial team that sets her agenda, it's a crew that manages her image, and it's the network that gives her the platform - the personalities of these people are there for your consumption and an icon you're encouraged to relate to and see as a teacher.

A friendly feminine presence who is there every night to tell you how to be an obedient little liberal

but never forget she's just a performer in an ensemble.

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 54 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I guess Bill O'Riely would be the Republican equivalent of her

Wrong, Bill is the shoulders which Rachel stands on. Every cable news talking head is copying his game. Bill walked so Tucker could run. He's only irrelevant now because he accelerated the american conservative past him.

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 32 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (13 children)

I'd even go so far as to say he's a couple rungs down in terms of history. Tucker is standing on Glen Beck who is standing on O'Rielly.

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[–] SteamedHamberder@hexbear.net 53 points 10 hours ago (12 children)

John Stewart was a cheerleader for norms and civility from about 2002-2015. He defined what as worthy of ridicule (Kucinich, Chelsea Manning, occupy movement) and ultimately what was worthy of respect .

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