Rachel Maddow

Devin Nunes sues NBCUniversal over a segment in which Maddow discusses a package sent by Ukrainian Andrii Derkach and says that Nunes refused to hand it over to the FBI. Nunes disputes this account and maintains that the package had been given to authorities.

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Maddow devotes a substantial part of her programme to denouncing NBC's hiring of former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, notably because of her role in challenging the 2020 election. Several NBC journalists join the criticism, and the network parts company with McDaniel days later.

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Maddow states that OAN "really literally is paid Russian propaganda" during a segment based on an article revealing that a network contributor also worked for Sputnik. OAN's parent company sues her for defamation.

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Maddow claims that Donald Trump had never encouraged Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19. PolitiFact finds several statements in which Trump recommended vaccination and rates the claim false.

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The Rachel Maddow Show devotes a substantial proportion of its programming to Russia–Trump links and the Mueller investigation. Following the absence of a criminal conspiracy charge involving the Trump campaign and Russia, critics accuse Maddow of creating excessive and sometimes speculative expectations.

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Maddow announces that she has obtained Donald Trump's tax returns before revealing two pages of his 2005 federal return. The lengthy build-up and limited significance of the document prompt mockery and accusations of overselling the scoop.

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Maddow claims that under Governor Scott Walker, Wisconsin became the state where the middle class had shrunk the most. PolitiFact concludes that the data used cover a period beginning before his term and rates the claim False.

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Maddow states that the Pentagon invented a story of heroic capture and rescue surrounding Jessica Lynch. PolitiFact concludes that the sensational account came primarily from media reports based on anonymous sources, rather than proven fabrication by the Pentagon, and rates the statement False.

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Maddow claims that Fox News said the New Black Panther Party had decided Barack Obama's election. PolitiFact finds no such precise assertion in the sources cited and rates the statement False.

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