MSNBC anchor Joy Reid’s old blog has again become a source of consternation, as Buzzfeed News obtained posts Wednesday where she encouraged readers to watch a documentary about conspiracy theories around 9/11, co-produced by InfoWars’ Alex Jones.
“The fundamental question is: do you believe the official story of 9/11?” the post reads. “If you do, great. If you don’t, then everything that happened after that is called into serious question. Even if you’re agnostic, or you tend to believe that al-Qaida attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon and that the government had no warning such a thing could happen, it’s worth taking a second look.”
The now defunct blog linked to Loose Change 9/11, reportedly released in 2005. The film alleges that the U.S. government planned the terrorist attacks, claims that have since been debunked.
The blog has been a recurring nightmare for Reid. In December, she apologized for homophobic posts she had written years earlier. In April, more anti-gay posts surfaced, and she vehemently denied that she had written them, enlisting a cyber security expert to prove that the old blog had been hacked to make her look bad. She then again publicly apologized, admitting that, while she still believed that the posts were not hers, their fraudulence could not be proven.
There is a reportedly ongoing federal investigation into Reid’s hacking claims.
Ambien claims another victim.
Can we be done with her yet? I’d be willing to forgive old, nutty blog posts, but you have to own up and apooogize. Claiming you’ve been hacked with no evidence, triggering a federal investigation is a very bad look.
It’s stunning that anyone has the time to sift through decae-old posts in order to find dirt (and yet conservatives play the WATB regarding “ancient history” from a year or two ago). Whoever is paying these oppo research folks (presumably trolls with nothing more productive to do - idled Russkies at the IRA?) must be plenty worried, which I find quite entertaining!
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C’mon guys…is this old stuff the best you got?
I have questions about 911 myself. Anyone who believes the official story in its entirety is entirely too credulous.
Before anyone starts in - I don’t think ‘they knew’ but I do think the PNAC folks were crying crocodile tears (because we certainly know that conservatives have no empathy for the victims). There’s more there…that plot should have been foiled…easily. They were never the criminal masterminds the conservatives painted.
Take a look at her current guests, particularly the ones who show up far more often on her show than others on her network. She still leans toward crackpottery.
This is really breaking my heart. I think she’s very smart, very organized and a very good interviewer — all in all an excellent news host. If not quite Chris Hayes or Rachel Maddow territory, close.
I haven’t evidence of this kind of crackpottery on her show. Really breaking my heart.