Rachel Maddow Turned a Scoop on Donald Trump’s Taxes Into a Cynical, Self-Defeating Spectacle

Slate ^ | 3/15/2017 | Willa Paskin

[samtheman]

Gingrich is saying the release of someone else’s tax returns is a felony. Whoever did it should be locked up.

[trebb]

Good one - maybe Geraldo worked with Rachel on this one....

[Baynative]

[JenB987]

watching the left come unhinged was in and of itself worth voting for Trump.

[TYVets]

Slate said Mad Cow lied, never had a scoop.

Mad Cow really screwed up this time, she will get a raise of course.

[SMARTY]

Pretend news from a pretend ‘journalist’

[chesley]

Still, from her point of view what she did was reasonable. After all, Trump is evil, Hitler,capitalist racist, sexist, misogynist, red-neck, and shampoos with Cheetos.

Something had to be there. Right?

[yoe]

Ms. Maddow being both a Democrat and a lesbian will in all likely hood, walk. If Ms. Maddow were both a Republican and a lesbian, she would be hounded by the media and prosecuted.

[minnesota_bound]

Where did she get the tax returns?
I would think her and Microsoft and NBC can be sued and indicted for stealing then releasing private information.

[Lionheartusa1]

,,,, all I can think is ,,,, Thanks Miz Maddow for making Trump look like a real champion of the cause while you look like a doomed dear in the headlights of gotcha !!!

[Billthedrill]

Maddow promised to pull a sordid revelation out of a hat and instead plucked out … Trump’s credibility?

I checked twice - yes, this is Slate. How bad do you have to screw up before even they have to admit it?

[utahb52]

Seems to me that they were so eager to embarrass the President they didn’t bother to review the material they had. It sounds like they didn’t even read it before going live. They were reckless. You would think SOMEBODY would read it beforehand.

[TYVets]

Maybe it was in cursive