Boom: Even Liberal Colbert Blasted Rachel Maddow’s Lame ‘Scoop’

Scott Whitlock | March 16, 2017
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[See NewsBusters for more.] You know it’s bad when even the liberal Stephen Colbert is mocking Rachel Maddow’s non-scoop about Donald Trump’s taxes. The Late Show host on Wednesday devoted two segments to skewering Maddow’s hype-fest on the President’s 2005 taxes. After noting how the MSNBC host pushed the story on Twitter prior to her show, Colbert joked, “Rachel took us on an emotional roller coaster. Because, like a roller coaster, at the end you are right back where you started and feeling a little queasy.” The comic played a clip of Maddow’s 20 minute-long build up to the tax documents and scolded, “She’s got nothing!” After showing video of the liberal journalist explaining that Trump payed $38 million in taxes, Colbert blasted, “$38 million.... All right, $150 million income. That adds up to zero [bleep] being given!”

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