MSNBC is learning the hard way what happens when they spread fake news only for the sake of blasting former President Donald Trump.
MSNBC’s parent company NBCUniversal is going to trial after being sued for defamation by Dr. Mahendra Amin for $30 million.
Amin worked as a gynecologist at a Georgia Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, where he treated women being detained. Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the Southern District of Georgia found in her ruling that Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace and Chris Hayes made multiple “verifiably false” allegations about Amin.
MSNBC is well known for its hatred of former President Donald Trump and took every opportunity to attack his administration.
In this case, Wooten’s claims were amplified for the sole purpose of going after Amin to make Trump look bad.
Maddow saw another opportunity to criticize Trump’s immigration policies in trying to lead viewers to believe Amin was mutilating and abusing women.
Hayes seems to have pursued the story for a similar reason.
Aside from Amin, perhaps the victim readers should feel sorry for in this whole debacle is the American taxpayer.
Our tax dollars went toward an investigation by a subcommittee that was sparked by MSNBC’s phony coverage.
Much like several other major news networks, MSNBC’s credibility since Trump’s time in office — and beyond — is in the gutter.