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Added conspiracy theory section.
Maddow is a critic of [[David Koch]] and [[Charles Koch]].<ref>https://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/paranoid-style-liberal-politics_555525.html?page=3</ref> However, she refuses to admit the [[liberal hypocrisy]] inherent in calling them out while ignoring similar actions by MSNBC parent company [[Comcast]] and myriad other groups.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/367762/rachel-maddows-koch-addled-world-msnbc-funding-tea-party-too-andrew-johnson</ref>
Maddow is a critic of [[David Koch]] and [[Charles Koch]].<ref>https://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/paranoid-style-liberal-politics_555525.html?page=3</ref> However, she refuses to admit the [[liberal hypocrisy]] inherent in calling them out while ignoring similar actions by MSNBC parent company [[Comcast]] and myriad other groups.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/367762/rachel-maddows-koch-addled-world-msnbc-funding-tea-party-too-andrew-johnson</ref>
==Conspiracy Theories==
Maddow has used her show to promulgate a number of conspiracy theories including:
* Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 Presidential election.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/28/trump-russia-investigation-mueller-liberal-media-rachel-maddow</ref><ref>https://slate.com/culture/2019/03/rachel-maddow-mueller-report-trump-barr.html</ref><ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/03/27/rachel-maddows-deep-delusion-226266</ref><ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/07/26/ex-msnbc_host_krystal_ball_slams_network_over_russia_rachel_maddow_youve_got_some_explaining_to_do.html</ref>
* Putin is using blackmail or compromat against Trump to pressure the US into enacting Russian-friendly policies and giving Trump secret orders when they meet.<ref>https://www.rt.com/usa/457784-rachel-maddow-aaron-mate/</ref>
* Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was selected for the post at Putin's request.<ref>https://www.rt.com/usa/457784-rachel-maddow-aaron-mate/</ref>
* Trump is withholding his tax returns to either hide massive financial gains that he didn't pay enough taxes on or massive losses that he recovered from with the help of wealthy Russian investors.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2017/03/15/rachel-maddow-takes-conspiracy-theorizing-mainstream-with-trump-tax-scoop/</ref>
* A hacker compromised Anthony Weiner's twitter account and posted the suggestive photos in an attempt to humiliate the Congressman.<ref>https://mediaequalizer.com/brian-maloney/2017/05/why-does-rachel-maddow-so-often-embrace-fringe-conspiracy-theories</ref><ref>https://thefederalist.com/2017/09/25/hasnt-rachel-maddow-apologized-anthony-weiner-conspiracy-theories/</ref>
* The Boston Marathon bombers didn't commit their attack because they're Islamists, but because they had read the book ''The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'' and were anti-Semitic.<ref>https://mediaequalizer.com/brian-maloney/2017/05/why-does-rachel-maddow-so-often-embrace-fringe-conspiracy-theories</ref>
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