tonite, rachel has not disappointed with her teaser from last night.
her show got a “document” purported to show a connection between a trump campaign member colluding with the russians to interfere with the election. the only little problem is that it is a forgery!
her staff found the hidden fingerprint that identifies the printer and serial number (yes, every color printer has one) that is the same as the one on the reality winner docs and the doc she received also has remnants of the crease in the winner doc. the fakes appear to be produced before the intercept published the winner docs.
the text is a cut and paste of the alleged explosive doc from the nsa that also violates nsa protocol (like, naming an american citizen in the report, strange spacing and more).
maddow correctly points out that the release of similar explosive disclosures that then had to be retracted have occurred in the past (dan rather and cbs were mentioned) — which, in my mind, does not spell “russian”.
she also points out that this appears to be an attempt to discredit the news media and she clearly offers this as a red flag to other media outlets!
she took the fake they spotted to multiple nsa folk who all agreed the document sent to maddow is a fake...forged to look tantalizing but easily discredited after it would have been published, thus discrediting whoever published it!
go watch the show!
and, do you remember how to spell “dirty tricks”?