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MSNBC conspiracy theorist decries right-wing conspiracy theories
MSNBC contributor and self-declared U.S. intelligence "expert" Malcolm Nance, who has made a comfortable living in the Trump-era writing about Russia’s supposed control of the White House, spoke recently with the New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner. In the interview, aptly titled "Malcolm Nance on the Danger of Conspiracy Theories," Chotiner pressed the intelligence "expert" about the time he defended MSNBC host Joy Reid’s hilariously absurd assertion that time traveling cyber bandits had hacked her personal blog and retrospectively uploaded homophobic articles bearing her byline. When Reid alleged in 2018 that she had been the victim of a far-reaching cyber conspiracy, Nance rushed to her assistance, tweeting, "Clearly there is a Discredit & Humiliate campaign afoot. Apparently all progressives are secretly anti-gay bloggers. This has Wikileaks & AltRight written all over it. Expect more." Chotiner, who has a gift for gutting his subjects with their own words, asked Nance, "Do you stand by this?" The MSNBC contributor responded: Posted by: Besoeker 2019-11-27 |
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