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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[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 24 points 8 hours ago

I remember in 2016 right after the election she was on some talk show and made some word salad like "Well Trump has a lot of policies that want to help only Americans so he's a nationalist. And he has policies that want to make sweeping social change, like a socialist. So he's really a national socialist." And I was nodding along with my lib brain.

[–] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 62 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 43 minutes ago) (10 children)

I heard from my mom last night that Putin directed Iran to tell Hamas to do the 10/7 attack. It was calculated to divide the US so we would be less effective in supporting Ukraine. This led to me yelling for two hours, which I don't feel good about, but I'm tired of explaining that when examining the world you have to strive to find plausible explanations for why things are happening, not something as fucking stupid as saying the people of Gaza were perfectly satisfied until a bunch of outside agitators got them stirred up.

Edit: She actually doesn't watch MSNBC. This is NYT brain. She used to be fine with criticizing media that promoted the war in Iraq, but doing that now means you're just like Trump.

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[–] theother2020@hexbear.net 41 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

In a proximate tier of liberal smugness, Sam Harris and Bill Maher have done damage.

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 21 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Bill and Sam have the ears of actual liberal elite, like ceo's and investors. Rachel has your college educated white collars.

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 16 points 8 hours ago

The big Eichmanns and the little Eichmanns.

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[–] coolusername@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (4 children)

who takes rachel maddow seriously? i dont see why anyone would waste time watching her show. it's not entertaining and not truthful in any way.

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[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

Can't think of other examples. Just wanted to say that this happening is horrifying.

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