MSNBC host Rachel Maddow had to cry wolf just that one time over President Trump’s tax returns to throw a big old wet blanket on top of any future scoops. This claim should have been enough to light up social media Thursday night:
We've got a strange exclusive coming up at 9pm ET on MSNBC. In house, we've been calling this our "inside-out" scoop.
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) July 7, 2017
So … what was it? We were so excited we totally let the show slip our minds.
Maddow claims to have been sent a "red hot" document so sensitive she can't verify it
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) July 7, 2017
WHOA! Send BuzzFeed a copy; they’ll publish it before 10 p.m., verified or not.
How many eye roll emojis can you fit in a tweet? It’s not nearly enough https://t.co/UsJgSc3wyd
— Ryan Molnar (@Ryan_Molnar) July 7, 2017
Maddow always has a big windup with lots of conspiratorial questions followed by little actual news…
Remember Trump's tax exclusive? https://t.co/HCnOhmzlTm
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) July 7, 2017
Oh yeah.
Insert tax returns joke here. https://t.co/T1SX6lHK9I
— David Solimini (@CommsDirector) July 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/883132790639820800
Did she get another one of Trump's tax returns showing that he paid taxes? ?? https://t.co/eSgzfgkSwZ
— Joey (@dontsteponsnake) July 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/scoejarborough/status/883131173752406016
https://twitter.com/SethMethod/status/883133282090700801
https://twitter.com/MorenoDadKC/status/883131509229727745
Hang on; MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin suggests the network is going to try to revive the hysteria over Russia and the election.
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.@maddow reports her team believes "somebody out there is shopping carefully forged documents" on Russia to dupe the media.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 7, 2017
Have heard this from numerous reporters working this beat https://t.co/QIp1l5Kc6W
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 7, 2017
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) July 7, 2017
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) July 7, 2017
In other words, they are looking for another excuse on why this Trump Russian collusion story is falling apart.
— cr (@propatriots) July 7, 2017
So … when Russia isn't Trump's fault, she decides FAKE Russia is? https://t.co/nV4ddPEHWg
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) July 7, 2017
Fake news? https://t.co/dSJ2nz3ghQ
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) July 7, 2017
There's no way the media would fall for this. https://t.co/k89AosKGDm
— Brodigan Strong Style (@brodigan) July 7, 2017
Never. Unless …
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/883132114908139520
Everyone who works in media must now be super vigilant. No mistakes. Triple check everything.
— Stephen D Surjik (@SSurjik) July 7, 2017
Got that, journalists? No mistakes. Now run toward that fire.
https://twitter.com/alexisgoldstein/status/883132249658601472
Occam's razor, Greenwald and the Intercept tried to bring down @maddow by getting her to report a forged document. @bobcesca_go
— Scott Six (@scottsix) July 7, 2017
So her big breaking story is that someone tried to sell her a fake story and she didn't fall for it (this time)? Good stuff. https://t.co/IuyepPnwpd
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) July 7, 2017
She showed the forger had access to the original Reality Winner doc from before the Intercept published it. Possible disinformation effort.
— Teddy Hoteham (@tjb61) July 7, 2017
Definitely underwhelming and her "scoops" schtick is getting old, but the segment was interesting and worth viewing imo. Greenwald is shady.
— Teddy Hoteham (@tjb61) July 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/AG_Conservative/status/883137085724655616
For most people, Maddow’s scoops never live up to the hype.
??????? https://t.co/d6P2rMs7N4
— Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) July 7, 2017
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‘Priceless!’ Brian Fallon & Tom Perez change subject FAST after Maddow’s Trump tax letdown https://t.co/a58fi061qG
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 15, 2017
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