Critics have accused Maddow of never intending to seriously consider the report because it contradicts her favored narrative of connivance between the Kremlin and former President Trump to manipulate the 2016 elections.
A Fox News contributor, Joe Concha, asserts that Maddow, along with numerous other liberal pundits, possesses what he terms a "lack of a contrition gene."
"A lack of shame. Their egos and myopia simply won't allow for it," Concha articulated in a statement to Fox News Digital. He continued, accusing those in the media industry who are ideologically aligned with Maddow of failing to hold her accountable.
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The much-debated Durham report was released on a Monday, coinciding perfectly with Maddow's weekly show. The one-time weekly airing schedule results from Maddow's desire for a reduced workload despite an annual salary reportedly amounting to $30 million. This fortuitous timing allowed Maddow to play down the report's findings.
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"The second thing we are keeping an eye on tonight is the reaction, particularly the reaction on the political right to the 'long-awaited' Durham report. What? 'The long awaited' what?" Maddow questioned, implying that the report was significant to the political right.
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Durham's report, extending over 300 pages, indicated the Department of Justice and FBI failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law during the launch of the Trump-Russia investigation. This investigation eventually found no collusion. It was also discovered that the investigation, referred to as "Crossfire Hurricane," was predicated on "raw, unanalyzed and uncorroborated intelligence."
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Despite these findings, Maddow seemed to scoff at them, predicting that Republicans would pounce on the report while reassuring MSNBC viewers that it was inconsequential.
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"Boy, they have been excited about this for a long time, literally for years former-President Trump and his allies have invoking John Durham, or sometimes Bull Durham, as the man that would save them and smite all of Trump's enemies," Maddow ironically stated, jeering at conservatives.
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Meanwhile, Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee who had expected the Durham report, called out Maddow and other liberals for their hypocrisy. These liberals had shown a keen interest in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report until it dispelled the collusion narrative.
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"They felt like that was going to confirm to the world that Russia collusion had happened with Donald Trump. It did not," Blackburn revealed. "You have reporters on the left who will never accept the Durham report… because it contradicts the narrative that they were pushing, and they don't want anybody or anything to mess with their narrative."
Interestingly, while Maddow was keen on emphasizing the anticipation of Republicans towards the Durham report, she spent considerable time conditioning her audience to dismiss it. Maddow, who had devoted a substantial part of her airtime promoting the Russian collusion narrative and the now-discredited Steele dossier, seemed to put as much energy into disregarding Durham.
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