Joy-Ann Reid appeared on Meet the Press this morning and spent a good part of her time debunking another MTP attempt at both-siderism. This time from statements made by an earlier guest, Homeland security secretary John Kelly and later, face to face with Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley Strassel. Strassel was selling a story that nothing Trump’s son in law Jared Kushner had done was out of the ordinary, and in fact was done by President Obama.
The story cited by WSJ columnist Strassel was a story concocted by the far right Breitbart organization.
In this segment Joy-Ann Reid plays a clip of her appearance on Meet the Press earlier that morning. Joy-Ann Reid is joined by guests Karine Jean-Pierre from Moveon.org, conservative columnist Kirsten Haglund, and senior editor at The Atlantic, David Frum (R). All four guests are astounded at the lengths that both the GOP and the Wall Street journal columnist Kimberley Strassel are willing to go in sourcing their latest material from Breitbart in order to cover-up the true nature of the most recently uncovered activities by the Trump regime.
Joy-Ann Reid fact checked the Breitbart story touted by Kimberley Strassel, and completely de-bunks every manufactured alt-fact that the WSJ columnist used in her Meet the Press propaganda segment.
— AmJoy | May 28th, 2017
Joy Reid makes it clear: what people are comparing to Obama facilitating the Iran nuclear deal in no way resembles Jared Kushner’s alleged attempt to communicate with Russia outside the purview of our government.
This was a perfect example of another rwnj appearing on a major nationally syndicated tv program spewing lies that are very difficult to de-bunk on the spot.
Joy-Ann Reid quickly made it back to her own studio, where guest host Jonathan Capehart was filling in. Joy-Ann Reid and her team were prepared. They’d searched for and found the source of the story being promulgated by Kimberley Strassel of the Wall Street Journal.
Joy-Reid also gives an accurate portrayal of what comprises real back-channel communications and points out that the Breitbart story ignored that the Obama campaign’s back channel went through the state department with incoming secretary of state Hillary Clinton and through an intermediary to Iran
Chuck Todd of Meet the Press, as usual, played his part in making sure that both sides; Homeland security secretary John Kelly along with Wall Street Journal Kimberley Strassel presenting the fictitious alternative-factual version of events — a lie vs the truth — offering that “fair and balanced” treatment that seems to be the ruler by which today’s news must be measured
— meanwhile the “law and order” GOP, while mouthing a few scattered words of disapproval, is not only allowing this corrupt maladministration to continue, they are counting literally banking on it. At this point what can no longer be overlooked, except by too many like the Chuck Todd’s of journalism, is the fact that their massive tax cuts for their wealthiest 1%er elite donor base along with an agenda of slashing social programs and healthcare for millions of people to pay for those tax cuts, seems to be not only their highest priority, but the only one that matters
— Kudos Joy-Ann Reid
note: my monitor is dying as I type, so this could be it for tonight — hope not